1917 CE · movement protest
Champaran Satyagraha
In 1917, Gandhi travelled to Champaran after persistent appeals from indigo cultivator Raj Kumar Shukla and investigated the grievances of tenant farmers subjected to the tinkathia indigo system. The campaign became Gandhi's first major satyagraha in India and contributed to reforms of the plantation system.
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