Bardoli Satyagraha

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Bardoli Satyagraha was a 1928 nonviolent peasant movement in Gujarat, led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, protesting increased land revenue taxes under British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nonviolent resistance movement
peasant movement
tax protest
agreementOutcome reduction of land revenue rates
cause economic hardship of peasants
increase in land revenue assessment
country India
historicalPeriod British India
surface form: British Raj in India
ideology Gandhian nonviolence
impact demonstrated effectiveness of disciplined nonviolent mass action
encouraged broader participation of peasants in politics
inspired later agrarian movements in India
leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
location Bardoli
Gujarat
method civil disobedience
nonviolent resistance
refusal to pay land revenue
movementType rural agrarian agitation
negotiatedWith Government of Bombay Presidency
surface form: Bombay Presidency government
nicknameConferred Sardar for Vallabhbhai Patel
nonviolencePrinciple ahimsa
opposedBy British colonial authorities in India
surface form: British colonial government in India
opposedPolicy enhanced land revenue assessment of Bardoli taluka
organizedBy Gujarat Pradesh Congress leaders
participant peasants of Bardoli taluka
partOf Indian independence movement
precededBy Champaran Satyagraha
Kheda Satyagraha
relatedConcept Satyagraha
relatedTo Gandhian mass movements
result recognition of peasants’ grievances
restoration of confiscated lands
withdrawal of increased land revenue demand
significance enhanced national stature of Vallabhbhai Patel
strengthened role of peasants in Indian national movement
startDate 1928
supportedBy Indian National Congress
tactics boycott of government officials
organized village committees
social ostracism of revenue collaborators
temporalContext late 1920s

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Mahadev Desai wroteAbout Bardoli Satyagraha
"The Story of Bardoli" mainSubject Bardoli Satyagraha
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"The Story of Bardoli" movementDocumented Bardoli Satyagraha
subject surface form: The Story of Bardoli
"The Story of Bardoli" relatedWork Bardoli Satyagraha
subject surface form: The Story of Bardoli