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The 'Champaran Satyagraha' (1917), Gandhi's first major movement in India, was about:
ASalt tax
BIndigo planters' oppression of peasants
CMill workers' wages
DKhilafat issue
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Indigo planters' oppression of peasants
1. In CHAMPARAN (Bihar), British indigo planters forced cultivators to grow indigo on a portion of their land under the 'tinkathia' system.
2. Gandhi led the protest in 1917 — his first satyagraha on Indian soil.
3. Inquiry committee was set up; oppressive system was eventually abolished.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 SST History Ch 2 §2.1 Champaran Satyagraha_
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