Q69. Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
(a) Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
(b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
(c) Joining of peasant unrest to India’s National Movement
(d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops
Answer: C
- Option (c) is correct: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was India’s first Civil Disobedience Movement that opened a new phase in the national movement by joining it to the great struggle of the Indian peasantry for bread and land. Gandhi led the struggle of indigo workers as India’s first Satyagraha that set the pace for the involvement of peasant unrest to the National Movement.
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