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Q80 (IAS/2000) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements Answer Verified

After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

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After returning to India from South Africa in 1915, Mahatma Gandhi’s first major and successful satyagraha was the Champaran movement of 1917. Champaran addressed the oppressive indigo plantation system in Bihar, where peasants were forced to cultivate indigo on a portion of their land and sell it at planter-fixed prices; local ryots consequently invited Gandhi to intervene and support their cause [1]. Chronological summaries and timelines likewise record Gandhi’s return in 1915 followed by the Champaran movement in 1917, marking it as his initial significant experiment in satyagraha on Indian soil and a model for later rural and labour agitations [2].

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  1. [1] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 15: Struggle for Swaraj > Champaran Satvagraha (1917) > p. 266
  2. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART III, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 11: MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT > Fig. 11.17 > p. 314
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