Kheda Satyagraha

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Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 nonviolent peasant tax resistance movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat, led by Mahatma Gandhi as an early major campaign in India’s struggle for independence.

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Kheda Satyagraha canonical 8
Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 2
Gujarat peasant agitation 1

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instanceOf Indian independence movement campaign
nonviolent resistance movement
peasant movement
tax resistance movement
appliesToJurisdiction Bombay Presidency
cause crop failure in Kheda district
famine-like conditions in 1918
rigid land revenue demands by colonial authorities
country India
describedBySource Indian nationalist historiography
autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi
followedBy Rowlatt Satyagraha
follows Champaran Satyagraha
hasEffect mobilization of rural peasants in Gujarat
strengthening of Congress organization in Gujarat
hasLeader Mahatma Gandhi
hasParticipant Gujarat peasantry
Indulal Yagnik
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Shankarlal Banker
historicalPeriod British India
surface form: British Raj
ideology Gandhian nonviolence
Satyagraha philosophy
languageOfWorkOrName Gujarati
Hindi
location Gujarat
India
Kheda district
mainSubject colonial taxation
land revenue tax
peasant rights
movementGoal remission of land revenue during crop failure
suspension of tax collection in Kheda
namedAfter Kheda district
opposedTo British India
surface form: British colonial government in India
partOf Indian independence movement
pointInTime World War I era
result increased prominence of Gandhi in national politics
partial suspension of tax collection
remission of revenue for most affected peasants
rise of Sardar Patel as a political leader
significantEvent negotiations between Gandhi and Bombay Presidency government
startTime 1918
usedMethod Satyagraha
civil disobedience
nonviolent resistance
tax refusal

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Mahatma Gandhi knownFor Kheda Satyagraha
Satyagraha usedIn Kheda Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha followedBy Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda district historicallyNotableFor Kheda Satyagraha
Kheda district hasHistoricalEvent Kheda Satyagraha
this entity surface form: Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
Indulal Yagnik notableWork Kheda Satyagraha
this entity surface form: Gujarat peasant agitation
Bardoli Satyagraha precededBy Kheda Satyagraha
1918 peasant movement alsoKnownAs Kheda Satyagraha
1918 peasant movement alsoKnownAs Kheda Satyagraha
this entity surface form: Kaira Satyagraha
Kaira district knownFor Kheda Satyagraha
Kaira district movementOccurredIn Kheda Satyagraha
this entity surface form: Kheda Satyagraha of 1918