Question

what was satyagraha? explain any three satyagrahas launched by gandhiji.

Answer 1

After arriving in India, Mahatma Gandhi successfully organized satyagraha 
movements in various places.
1. In 1916 he traveled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire 
the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system. 
ii. Then in 1917, he organized a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda 
district of Gujarat. Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, the peasants of 
Kheda could not pay the revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed. 
iii. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organize a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.

Answer 2

The term Satyagraha was coined by M.K. Gandhi in South Africa to illustrate a passive resistance. Though the word was similar to passive resistance the scope of the term was not limited to a little sphere. The given are the three Satyagraha movements launched by M.K. Gandhi:

1. Champaran Satyagraha: Gandhi organized the Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar in 1916. To inspire the peasants to protest against the harsh plantation practice was the main objective of this Satyagraha.  

2. Kheda Satyagraha: launched in the year 1917, the Kheda Satyagraha was support for the peasants of Gujarat (particularly of the Kheda district); who could not pay the taxes to the British government due to crop failure.

3. Ahmadabad Satyagraha: this Satyagraha was launched in 1918 in protest to the British cruelties by the workers of the cotton mill.