Bardoli Satyagraha

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Bardoli Satyagraha was a 1928 nonviolent peasant movement in Gujarat, led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, protesting increased land revenue taxes under British colonial rule.

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Bardoli Satyagraha canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nonviolent resistance movement ⓘ
peasant movement ⓘ
tax protest ⓘ
agreementOutcome reduction of land revenue rates ⓘ
cause economic hardship of peasants ⓘ
increase in land revenue assessment ⓘ
country India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Raj in India ⓘ
linked to: British India
ideology Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ
impact demonstrated effectiveness of disciplined nonviolent mass action ⓘ
encouraged broader participation of peasants in politics ⓘ
inspired later agrarian movements in India ⓘ
leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
location Bardoli ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
method civil disobedience ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
refusal to pay land revenue ⓘ
movementType rural agrarian agitation ⓘ
negotiatedWith Bombay Presidency government ⓘ
nicknameConferred Sardar for Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
nonviolencePrinciple ahimsa ⓘ
opposedBy British colonial government in India ⓘ
opposedPolicy enhanced land revenue assessment of Bardoli taluka ⓘ
organizedBy Gujarat Pradesh Congress leaders ⓘ
participant peasants of Bardoli taluka ⓘ
partOf Indian independence movement ⓘ
precededBy Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ
Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ
relatedConcept Satyagraha ⓘ
relatedTo Gandhian mass movements ⓘ
result recognition of peasants’ grievances ⓘ
restoration of confiscated lands ⓘ
withdrawal of increased land revenue demand ⓘ
significance enhanced national stature of Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
strengthened role of peasants in Indian national movement ⓘ
startDate 1928 ⓘ
supportedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
tactics boycott of government officials ⓘ
organized village committees ⓘ
social ostracism of revenue collaborators ⓘ
temporalContext late 1920s ⓘ

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Mahadev Desai → wroteAbout → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
The Story of Bardoli → mainSubject → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
subject linked to: "The Story of Bardoli"
The Story of Bardoli → movementDocumented → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
subject linked to: "The Story of Bardoli"
The Story of Bardoli → relatedWork → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
subject linked to: "The Story of Bardoli"
Bardoli → hasHistoricalSignificance → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
Bardoli → knownFor → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ
Gujarat Pradesh Congress leaders → involvedIn → Bardoli Satyagraha ⓘ