Question

why did Gandhi consider the champaran episode as turning point to his life ​

Answer 1

Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life because he realised that civil disobedience, which had triumphed for the first time, could go a long way in the freedom struggle. Moreover, he had succeeded in making the peasants aware of their rights and becoming confident.

Answer 2

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$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{On request of Rajkumar Shukla, Gandhi went} \\ \text{ to Champaran to realise the pitiable condition of the } \\ \text{poor indigo sharecroppers. Gandhi became very sad} \\ \text{ to know about the sharecroppers' situation from} \\ \text{ Shukla. He went there to help the poor peasants. In } \\ \text{Champaran, Gandhi was able to get an honourable} \\ \text{ settlement by forcing the British landlords to} \\ \text{ surrender part of money with their prestige to the} \\ \text{ poor peasants. \: }$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \mathtt{I \: \: think \: \: the \: \: Champaran \: \: episode \: \: to \: \: be \: \: a \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ turning \: \: point \: \: in \: \: Gandhi \: \:ji's \: \: life. \: It \: \: is \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ because, \: the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: Champaran \: \: became \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: civil \: \: disobedience \: \: for \: \: the \: \: } \\ \mathtt{first \: \: time \: \: in \: \: India. \: Even \: \: the \: \: episode \: \: made \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: people \: \: fearless \: \: against \: \: the \: \: British, \: \: } \\ \mathtt{which \: \: helped \: \: Gandhi \: \: to \: \: gather \: \: the \: \: people \: \: } \\ \mathtt{for \: \: the \: \: freedom \: \: struggle \: \: of \: \: India.}$