Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Dandi | (I) | Harsh treatment of peasants by British Indigo planters |
| (B) | Champaran | (II) | Better working conditions for the textile mill workers |
| (C) | Kheda | (III) | Salt March |
| (D) | Ahmedabad | (IV) | Demand for Remission of taxes, following the failure of harvest |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Dandi — this matches (III) Salt March. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi led a march to Dandi to break the salt law, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.
(B) Champaran — this matches (I) Harsh treatment of peasants by British Indigo planters. A peasant from Champaran in Bihar told Gandhiji about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters, and he spent much of 1917 there.
(C) Kheda — this matches (IV) Demand for Remission of taxes, following the failure of harvest. In 1918 he joined the peasants of Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes after their harvest failed.
(D) Ahmedabad — this matches (II) Better working conditions for the textile mill workers. In the same year he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … At the annual Congress, held in Lucknow in December 1916, he was approached by a peasant from Champaran in Bihar, who told him about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters. 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice. The following year, 1918, Gandhiji was involved in two campaigns in his home state of Gujarat. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers. Then he joined peasants in Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest.… 3.1 Dandi … Soon after the observance of this ‘Independence Day’, Mahatma Gandhi announced that he would lead a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in British India, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.…” |