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History GK · Q5

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Competitive Exams · History GK · question 5

Q5

Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :

A.
Mill Owners
B.
Land Lords
C.
The peasants
Answer
D.
Kol Rebellion

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918, in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a Satyagraha movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha and Ahmedabad mill strike. Gandhi organised this movement to support peasants of the Kheda district. People of Kheda were unable to pay the high taxes levied by the British due to crop failure and a plague epidemic.