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 Kaira Satyagraha ⓘ
linked to: Kheda 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 British colonial government in Bombay Presidency ⓘ
opposedPolicy land revenue assessment based on normal yield despite crop failure ⓘ
organizedBy 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ