Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?

1. A. Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
2. B. Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
3. C. Joining of peasant unrest to India’s National Movement
4. D. Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops

Answer: C

Explanation

Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 opened a new phase in the national movement by joining it to the great struggle of the Indian peasantry for bread and land.It was the first peasant movement to have garnered nationwide attention. The Champaran Satyagraha yoked the peasant unrest to the freedom struggle. Subsequently, Gandhi’s localised movements in Ahmedabad (for mill workers) and Kheda (where he supported distressed peasants) were, in a sense, the training grounds for the massive nationwide protests after the landmark year of 1919 all of which eventually contributed to the liberation of India from the inglorious British rule. Hence option (c) is the correct answer.