When was Mahatma Gandhi approached by a peasant from Champaran in Bihar who told him about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → December 1916
At the annual Congress held in Lucknow in December 1916, Gandhiji was approached by a peasant from Champaran, who told him about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters; Gandhiji spent much of 1917 in Champaran.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … Gandhiji’s speech at Banaras in February 1916 was, at one level, merely a statement of fact – namely, that Indian nationalism was an elite phenomenon, a creation of lawyers and doctors and landlords. But, at another level, it was also a statement of intent – the first public announcement of Gandhiji’s own desire to make Indian nationalism more properly representative of the Indian people as a whole. In the last month of that year, Gandhiji was presented with an opportunity to put his precepts into practice. 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.” |