Question

Why did gandhiji agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers

Answer 1

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$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \bold{As \: \: mentioned \: \: in \: \: the \: \: prose-piece, \: '' Indigo'' \: } \\ \bold{written \: \: by \: \: Louis \: \: Fischer, \: Gandhi \: \: was \: \: agreed \: \: to \: \: } \\ \bold{ settlement \: \: of \: \: 25 \: \: percent \: \: refund \: \: to \: \: the \: \: farmers.}$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{Gandhi was very sad to know about the sharecroppers'} \\ \text{ situation from Rajkumar Shukla. In Champaran, the poor} \\ \text{ sharecroppers had to lead a pitiable life due to injustice of the} \\ \text{ British. The peasants were forced to plant 15 percent of their} \\ \text{ holdings with indigo plantations and give the entire indigo } \\ \text{harvest as rent. Gandhi went to Champaran to help the} \\ \text{ peasants. Being a member of the official commission formed } \\ \text{by Sir Edward Gait, Gandhi demanded the British for the } \\ \text{compensation of the sharecroppers. The landlords were at a } \\ \text{loss and they agreed to refund the peasants 25 percent as} \\ \text{ compensation.}$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \mathtt{According \: \: to \: \: Gandhi, \: the \: \: amount \: \: of \: \: refund \: \: } \\ \mathtt{was \: \: less \: \: important \: \: than \: \: the \: \: fact \: \: that \: \: the \: \: landlords \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ had \: \: been \: \: obliged to \: \: surrender \: \: part \: \: of \: \: their \: \: money \: \: } \\ \mathtt{with \: \: their \: \: prestige. The landlords, \: whom \: \: the \: \: poor \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ indigo \: \: sharecroppers \: \: behaved \: \: and \: \: addressed \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ as \: \: 'Lord' \: \: had \: \: to \: \: surrender \: \: to \: \: the \: \: sharecroppers \: \: and \: \:}\\ \mathtt{ that \: is \: \: why \: \: Gandhi \: \: agreed \: \: to \: \: a \: \: settlement \: \: of \: \: } \\ \mathtt{25 \: \: percent \: \: refund \: \: to \: \: the \: \: farmers.}$