INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following statements regarding Champaran Satyagraha.

1. It was here Gandhiji for the first time in India used technique of non-cooperation.

2. It was for the remission of the revenues in wake of drought.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi’s first Civil Disobedience. Kheda Satyagraha was the first non-cooperation technique used by Gandhi. It was for the remission of the revenues on in wake of drought.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The Champaran peasant movement was launched in 1917. Its objective was to create awakening among the peasants against the European planters. These planters resorted to illegal and inhuman methods of indigo cultivation at a cost which by no canons of justice could be called an adequate remuneration for the labour done by the peasants.

Thus, Option D is Correct.

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