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Establishment of a political reform committee and release of satyagraha prisoners. [15] The British Viceroy brokered a deal to end the fast. Gandhi's wife was freed, but the committee was never formed. 16 1943 (10 Feb – 3 Mar) 21 days Delhi: Objecting to six months of detention without charges by the British. [16] [17]
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian independence movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent , during the British colonial period .
Raj Kumar Shukla (23 August 1875 – 20 May 1929) was the person who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran which later led to the Champaran Satyagraha. [1] Shukla at the time paid well to work under Hafiz Din Mohammad and was sent to meet Gandhi.
Motihari, at that time simply called Champaran, was close to Mahatma Gandhi. He came to Motihari on April 15, [ 30 ] 1917 [ 31 ] with Raj Kumar Shukla to start the Satyagraha movement in Champaran, known as Champaran Satyagraha , which concerned the exploitations of farmers.
Champaran District was a district of British India. In 1917, Mohandas Gandhi did his first Satyagraha movement in India at this district against European landowners and British government. [ 1 ]
Facing the possibility of arrest, just like he always did in South Africa, Gandhi first spoke for the rights of impoverished indigo-cultivators in the Champaran district. His efforts eventually led to the appointment of a government commission to investigate abuses perpetrated on the indigo planters. He also interfered whenever he saw violence.
Returning to India in 1915, Gandhi looked to Indian culture and history, the values and lifestyle of its people to empower a new revolution, with the concept of non-violence, civil disobedience, he coined a term, Satyagraha. [14]
The Tinkathia System was challenged by the Champaran Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi, this in turn became a watershed moment in the Indian independence movement and it was based on that peasants had to grow indigo on the 3 parts of the land out of 20 parts. In other words, a farmer had to grow Indigo in 3 Katha out of 20 Katha (1 Bigha= 20 Katha).