Question

what was the demand of peasents kheda​

Answer 1

Kheda Satyagraha :

• Kheda is one of the districts in the state of Gujarat.

• The peasants in Kheda used to pay taxes to the British regularly.

• But in the year 1918, there occured a serious famine, crop failure and plague.

• Due to those reasons the peasants could not pay the taxes.

• The Britishers started forcing the peasants to pay the taxes.

• Then Mahatma Gandhi started his third Satyagraha movement called as Kheda Satyagraha against the Bristisher with other leader like Vallabhbhai Patel etc.

• The main demand of the peasants was to not to pay the taxes.

• Gandhiji supported the peasants and organised Satyagraha.

• This movement became successful as the Bristishers removed the taxes for one year.