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Champaran Satyagraha (1917) First Civil Disobedience Movement
Gandhi was requested by Rajkumar Shukla to look into the problems of the indigo planters of Champaran in Bihar.
(Tinkathia system -The European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow Indigo on 3/20 of their total land).
The peasants were forced to sell the produce at prices fixed by the Europeans.
Gandhi convinced the authorities to abolish the tinkathia system and the peasants were given compensation for the illegal dues extracted from them.
Gandhi had won the first battle of civil disobedience in India.
ALL ABOUT Mahatma Gandhi
Champaran Satyagraha (1917) First Civil Disobedience Movement.
Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918) Ahmedabad textile laborers win strike for economic justice, 1918
Kheda Satyagraha (1918): First Non – Cooperation Movement.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13th April, 1919)
Significance of the Non-Cooperation Movement
Communal Award (16th Aug,1932)
Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1934)
What Is Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1934)