Mahatma Gandhi launched Kheda Satyagrah on Gujrat in 1918 to support the cause of :
A. Mill Owners
B. Land Lords
C. The peasants
D. Kol Rebellion
Answer: Option C
Solution(By Examveda Team)
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.Related Questions on Indian History
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D. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Moplah Rebellion in 1921 in Malabar was Muslim Peasants Rabellion against :
A. Muslim Land Holders
B. The British Government Authority
C. The non-tribal outsiders
D. Hindu Land Holders
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