UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 81
Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha ?
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Correct answer: C
Correct Option: C
Explanation: Champaran (1917) marked Gandhi’s use of satyagraha on behalf of indigo cultivators, linking peasant grievances against plantation exploitation with the wider nationalist movement.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - All-India participation in the exact groups listed was not the distinctive feature of Champaran.
B: Incorrect - The movement did not chiefly arise as a Dalit–tribal mobilisation.
C: Correct - Correct-it connected local peasant distress to India’s freedom movement.
D: Incorrect - Ending plantation-crop cultivation outright was not the movement’s significant outcome.