Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champar

Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha ?

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Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement

Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement

Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement

Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops

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The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was Mahatma Gandhi’s first major Gandhian movement in India.

The Champaran movement was specifically centered on the grievances of indigo cultivators, who were peasants exploited under the ‘tin kathia’ system imposed by British planters. Gandhi’s intervention in Champaran involved investigating the situation, organizing the peasants, and using non-violent civil disobedience (satyagraha) to challenge the oppressive system. Its success led to the abolition of the tinkathia system and brought relief to the peasants.

The most significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha was that it successfully linked the local, isolated peasant unrest against specific grievances (indigo cultivation system) to the broader Indian National Movement led by figures like Gandhi. It demonstrated the effectiveness of Gandhi’s method of non-violent protest (Satyagraha) in addressing socio-economic issues and mobilized the peasant class, a large segment of the population, into the fold of the national struggle for the first time in such a prominent and successful manner. While some lawyers assisted Gandhi (like Rajendra Prasad), it was not marked by widespread all-India participation of lawyers, students, and women (A). It focused on the specific peasant issues and did not primarily involve Dalit and Tribal communities as distinct leading groups (B). It led to the abolition of the indigo system in Champaran but not a general drastic decrease in all plantation/commercial crops across India (D).

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