Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:
Where did Gandhiji get to know about the harsh treatment of peasants in Champaran by British indigo planters?
Options:
Calcutta Session in 1917.
Lucknow Session in 1916.
Amritsar Session in 1919,
None of the above.
Correct Answer:
Lucknow Session in 1916.
Explanation:
At the annual Congress, held in Lucknow in December 1916, Mahatma Gandhi was approached by a peasant from Champaran in Bihar, who told him about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters.