Which among the following were local level satyagrahas launched by Ma…

Which among the following were local level satyagrahas launched by Mahatma Gandhi:

(A) Champaran Satyagraha
(B) Ahmedabad Satyagraha
(C) Kheda Satyagraha
(D) Home-Rule Satyagraha

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only

(A) Champaran Satyagraha Correct. Gandhiji spent much of 1917 in Champaran in Bihar, seeking security of tenure for the peasants oppressed by British indigo planters and the freedom to grow the crops of their choice.

(B) Ahmedabad Satyagraha Correct. In 1918 he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers.

(C) Kheda Satyagraha Correct. The same year he joined the peasants of Kheda in asking the state to remit taxes after their harvest failed. Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda were all localised struggles, which marked Gandhiji out as a nationalist with deep sympathy for the poor.

(D) Home-Rule Satyagraha Incorrect. There was no satyagraha of this name led by Gandhiji. Home Rule was the demand of the Home Rule Leagues started in 1916 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant, who asked for self-government for India within the British Empire; it was a countrywide campaign, not a local struggle of Gandhiji.

Note: The Home Rule movement is not in NCERT (2026-27); explained here for the benefit of the students.

NCERT (2026-27): “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. These initiatives in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda marked Gandhiji out as a nationalist with a deep sympathy for the poor. At the same time, these were all localised struggles.…”