Kheda Satyagraha, 3/22 - 6/5/1918
03/22/1918 AD protested
A Satyagraha movement organized by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in support of Indian peasants against the British Raj. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement.
In 1918, the British authorities had increased the taxes of Kheda region by 23% while it was hit by Chappania famine and others leading to cholera and plague. Nadiad collector refused any aid from 'Anavari' system of taxes inspite of Sardar Patel and Mahatma's meetings.
Patel and his colleagues organised a major tax revolt, and all the different ethnic and caste communities of (Kheda) rallied around it. The peasants of Kheda signed a petition calling for the tax for this year to be scrapped in wake of the famine. The government in Bombay rejected the charter. They warned that if the peasants did not pay, the lands and property would be confiscated and many arrested.
The revolt was astounding in terms of discipline and unity. Even when all their personal property, land and livelihood were seized, a vast majority of Kheda's farmers remained firmly united in the support of Patel. Gujaratis sympathetic to the revolt in other parts resisted the government machinery, and helped to shelter the relatives and property of the protesting peasants. Those Indians who sought to buy the confiscated lands were excluded from society. Although nationalists like Sardul Singh Caveeshar called for sympathetic revolts in other parts, Gandhi and Patel firmly rejected the idea.
The Government finally sought to foster an honourable agreement for both parties. The tax for the year in question, and the next would be suspended, and the increase in rate reduced, while all confiscated property would be returned.
People also worked in cohesion to return the confiscated lands to their rightful owners. The ones who had bought the lands seized were influenced to return them, even though the British had officially said it would stand by the buyers.
Subjects Who or What protested?
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India (Republic of India) Country in South Asia th... -
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) Indian lawyer, anti-colo... -
Vallabhbhai Patel (Sardar) 1st Deputy Prime M...
Objects To Whom or What was protested?
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England Nation
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