Kheda (1918)
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Overview
Kheda in Gujarat saw Gandhi's satyagraha of 1918, a demand for remission of land revenue after crop failure. Sardar Patel joined him there.
It was one of Gandhi's three early local struggles in India, after Champaran (1917, against the tinkathia system, at the request of Rajkumar Shukla) and alongside the Ahmedabad mill strike of 1918, where he went on a hunger strike and the workers won a 35% raise.
Geography and key facts
- Year: 1918
- Issue: land revenue remission after crop failure
- Sardar Patel joined Gandhi
- With Champaran and Ahmedabad, one of Gandhi's first satyagrahas in India
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on why Gandhi organised the Kheda satyagraha (2011), where he first started satyagraha (2007) and movement–place pairs (2005).
Note for UPSC
Gujarat; peasants' revenue no-tax campaign.
Questions link places with movements, sessions and years of the national movement.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2011 · Q60What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda? Which of the statements given above is/are correct?…
- UPSC Prelims 2007 · Q57At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?…
- UPSC Prelims 2005 · Q55Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Movement / Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With Select the correct answer using the codes given below:…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Kheda (1918).
Key facts
- Type
- Freedom-struggle site
- State / UT
- Gujarat
- Year
- 1918
- Coordinates
- 22.750°N, 72.680°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 3 questions · 2011, 2007, 2005
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In the lessons
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