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Q123 (IAS/2007) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements Answer Verified

At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?

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Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagraha in India began at Champaran (Bihar) in 1917. The movement addressed the exploitation of indigo tenants who were forced by European planters to cultivate indigo under the tinkathia system; local peasants invited Gandhi to intervene, and his arrival led to a sustained campaign for their rights and security of tenure[1]. The Champaran episode is widely recognised as Gandhi’s inaugural experiment in satyagraha on Indian soil and its centenary has been celebrated as the first successful application of non‑violent civil resistance in India[2]. Subsequent major campaigns (Kheda, Ahmedabad, Bardoli, etc.) followed, but Champaran marked the starting point of Gandhi’s mass‑based satyagraha in India.

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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] https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=160650
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