Question

Why does Gandhi agree to settlement of 25 percent refund to the farmer?

Answer 1

Answer:

For Gandhi the amount of the refund was less important than the fact that the landlords had been forced to return part of the money, and with it, part of their prestige too. So, he agreed to settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers.

Answer 2

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

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

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