Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Which Indian movement was started to look into the problems of indigo planters in the year 1917?

Options:

Champaran Satyagraha

Non-Cooperation Movement

Kheda Satyagraha

Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Correct Answer:

Champaran Satyagraha

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1- Champaran Satyagraha

The Indian movement that was started to look into the problems of indigo planters in the year 1917 is Champaran Satyagraha.

Champaran Satyagraha was a peasants' uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent, during the British colonial period. The farmers were protesting against having to grow indigo with barely any payment for it.

Mahatma Gandhi led the Champaran Satyagraha, which was the first satyagraha movement in India. Gandhi used the strategy of non-violent resistance, or satyagraha, to organize the peasants to demand their rights.

The Champaran Satyagraha was a success, as the British government was forced to appoint a commission to inquire into the grievances of the peasants. The commission recommended a number of reforms, including the abolition of the forced cultivation of indigo and the establishment of cooperative societies to help the peasants.

The Champaran Satyagraha was a landmark event in the Indian independence movement. It showed that the Indian people were willing to stand up for their rights and that Gandhi's non-violent methods of resistance could be effective.