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CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA,1917
• Intheearly19th century, European planters compelled the peasants to grow indigo on a part of their holdings (known as theTinkathia System) and to sell it to the planters at prices fixed by them.
• Towards the end of 19th century, German synthetic dyes forced indigo out of the market, making indigo cultivation unremunerative.
• European planters of Champaran, though keen to release the cultivators from their obligation of cultivating indigo, tried to turn this to their advantage by securing enhancements in rent and other illegal dues as its price.
• Resistance had earlier surfaced in 1908, but the exploitations by planters continued as before.
• Hearing of Gandhi's campaigns in South Africa, several peasants of Champaran invited him to help their cause.
• Gandhi, accompanied by Rajendra Prasad , Mazhar-ulHuq, J B Kriplani and Mahadev Desai, reached Champaran in 1917 and began conducting a detailed inquiry into the conditions of the peasantry, after a local ban on his entry had been lifted by the higher authorities in face of a Satyagraha threat.
• The grievances of the indigo cultivators were given an all-India publicity. The commission of inquiry instituted by the Government was convinced by Gandhi that the Tinkathia System had to be abolished and the peasants compensated for the illegal enhancement of their dues.
• The concrete achievements of the agitation were far surpassed by their psychological impact.
• Gandhi was compared to Lord Rama and the planters to Rakshasas (demons). He was thought of as an holyman with miracle powers, who could end all exploitation.
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