1918 peasant movement

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agrarian protest non-cooperation campaign peasant movement tax resistance movement

The 1918 peasant movement was a major agrarian protest in Kheda, India, where farmers, led in part by Mahatma Gandhi, organized a non-cooperation campaign against oppressive colonial tax policies.

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Label	Occurrences
1918 peasant movement canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	agrarian protest ⓘ non-cooperation campaign ⓘ peasant movement ⓘ tax resistance movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ surface form: Kaira Satyagraha Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bombay Presidency ⓘ
cause	economic hardship of peasants due to poor harvests ⓘ oppressive colonial land revenue policies ⓘ refusal of British authorities to remit land tax after crop failure ⓘ
colonialContext	British India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
economicSector	agriculture ⓘ
goal	protection of peasants from confiscation of land and property ⓘ remission of land revenue ⓘ
hasEffect	demonstrated effectiveness of organized peasant resistance in India ⓘ
hasLanguage	Gujarati ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late colonial period in India ⓘ
ideology	Gandhian satyagraha ⓘ
inspiredBy	principle of satyagraha ⓘ
leader	Indulal Yagnik ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ Shankarlal Banker ⓘ
location	Kaira district ⓘ Kheda district ⓘ
mainLeader	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
method	boycott of revenue payments ⓘ non-cooperation ⓘ non-violent resistance ⓘ tax refusal ⓘ
opposed	Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ surface form: British colonial government in Bombay Presidency
opposedPolicy	land revenue assessment based on normal yield despite crop failure ⓘ
organizedBy	Indian National Congress movement ⓘ surface form: Indian National Congress activists
participant	Gujarati farmers ⓘ peasants of Kheda district ⓘ
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ
precededBy	Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ
relatedTo	Civil disobedience in India ⓘ Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ surface form: Non-cooperation movement
result	increased political awareness among Kheda peasants ⓘ partial concessions by colonial authorities on revenue collection ⓘ
significance	early large-scale application of Gandhian non-cooperation in India ⓘ mobilized rural peasants in the freedom struggle ⓘ strengthened Gandhi’s leadership in the Indian national movement ⓘ
socialClassInvolved	peasants ⓘ
startTime	1918 ⓘ
tactic	collective refusal to pay tax until demands were met ⓘ use of volunteers to organize villages ⓘ

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Description of subject: The 1918 peasant movement was a major agrarian protest in Kheda, India, where farmers, led in part by Mahatma Gandhi, organized a non-cooperation campaign against oppressive colonial tax policies.

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