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  2. Champaran Satyagraha - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Chauri Chaura incident - Wikipedia

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    From 1920 onwards, Indians, led by Mahatma Gandhi, were engaged in a nationwide non-cooperation movement.Using non-violent methods of civil disobedience known as Satyagraha, protests were organized by the Indian National Congress to challenge oppressive government regulatory measures such as the Rowlatt Act, with the ultimate goal of attaining Swaraj (home rule).

  4. Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922) - Wikipedia

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    The movement was one of Gandhi's first organized acts of large-scale satyagraha. [2] Gandhi's planning of the non-cooperation movement included persuading all Indians to withdraw their labour from any activity that "sustained the British government and also economy in India," [7] including British industries and educational institutions. [7]

  5. List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Champaran District - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  7. Champaran - Wikipedia

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    Champaran is identified with the Champāraṇya mentioned in the Bheraghat inscription as a place "devastated" by the Kalachuri king Yashaḥkarṇa (11th/12th century). [2]In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi led a satyagraha movement in the Champaran district against the policies enforced by European landowners and the colonial government.

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  9. Motihari - Wikipedia

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    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.