UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2018

Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?

  1. Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
  2. Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
  3. Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement
  4. Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops

Answer

Correct Answer

Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement

Explanation

The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) against forced indigo cultivation (tinkathia system) linked peasant grievances with the national movement and was Gandhi's first major movement in India.

Topics: champaran satyagraha, gandhian phase of national movement, history, modern india