alleryIn which year did the Champaran Satyagraha take place?
- 1917
- 1915
- 1919
- 1921
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Correct answer: A. 1917
Gandhi's first satyagraha in India, on behalf of Bihar's indigo farmers, was launched in 1917.
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In which year did the Champaran Satyagraha take place?Read the answer and worked solution →Champaran peasants were forced by planters to grow which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which local peasant invited Gandhi to investigate the grievances at Champaran?Read the answer and worked solution →When Champaran authorities ordered Gandhi to leave, what did he do?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date was the Rowlatt Act passed in Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →For how long could the Rowlatt Act imprison a suspect without trial?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Muslim League member resigned from the Imperial Legislative Council over the Rowlatt Act?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Gandhi suspend the Rowlatt satyagraha in 1919?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?Read the answer and worked solution →Who ordered troops to open fire at Jallianwala Bagh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which annual fair had drawn the crowd to Jallianwala Bagh?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city is Jallianwala Bagh located?Read the answer and worked solution →How many sides of Jallianwala Bagh allowed a way out?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body inquired into the Punjab disorders of 1919?Read the answer and worked solution →Who renounced his British knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?Read the answer and worked solution →Who shot Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall, London, in 1940?Read the answer and worked solution →The anger after Jallianwala Bagh led to which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Dyer reported that his party fired how many rounds at Jallianwala Bagh?Read the answer and worked solution →The Khilafat movement protested British policy towards which empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1920 treaty severed Palestine, Syria and Iraq from the Ottoman Empire?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Turkey abolish the caliphate?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1920 Gandhi and Khilafat leaders pledged to fight for Khilafat and what?Read the answer and worked solution →The years 1919 to 1922 are widely seen as the heyday of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was part of the initial non-cooperation programme?Read the answer and worked solution →At Chauri Chaura, a mob killed how many unarmed policemen?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Gandhi respond to the Chauri Chaura violence?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Bardoli Satyagraha?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date did the Salt March begin?Read the answer and worked solution →How many days did the Salt March last?Read the answer and worked solution →How many satyagrahis set out with Gandhi on the Dandi march?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Champaran peasants were forced by planters to grow which crop?
- Indigo
- Opium
- Jute
- Cotton
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Correct answer: A. Indigo
Tenants had to plant indigo on part of their land under the Teenkathia system, which caused the revolt.
Which local peasant invited Gandhi to investigate the grievances at Champaran?
- Raj Kumar Shukla
- Mahadeo Desai
- Rajendra Prasad
- Mazhar ul-Haq
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Correct answer: A. Raj Kumar Shukla
Raj Kumar Shukla, a local peasant, persuaded Gandhi to come and look into the indigo farmers' suffering.
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