Champaran
Satyagraha (1 abr 1917 año – 5 jun 1917 año)
Descripción:
- Also called the 1st Civil Disobedience Movement(CDM)
- Rajiv Sukla requested Gandhi Ji, to look into the problems of the farmers in context of Indigo planters in Champaran in Bihar
- Gandhi's 1st movement after coming back from South Africa
- Rajendra Prasad, Mazhar-ul-Haq, Narhari Parekh and JP Kriplani worked with Gandhi
- Tinkathia System - European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow Indigo on 3/20 parts of the total land
- Indigo cultivators protest --> artificial dye replacement of Indigo --> demanded high rents to maximise their profits and also low price offered to peasants
Añadido al timeline:
fecha:
1 abr 1917 año
5 jun 1917 año
~ 2 months and 5 days