1918 peasant movement

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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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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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Kheda district historicallyNotableFor 1918 peasant movement