History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2014 History
The chief grievance of the peasants in the Champaran Satyagraha was about the:
AAbwabs and illegal cesses
BLand revenue demand
CTinkathia system ✓ Correct
DExploitation by the moneylenders
Correct answer: (C) Tinkathia system — The chief grievance was about the Tinkathia system, so the answer is the Tinkathia system.
Explanation
★The chief grievance was about the Tinkathia system, so the answer is the Tinkathia system.
★The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Gandhi's first in India.
★It was a struggle of the indigo peasants of Bihar.
★Under the Tinkathia system they were forced to grow indigo.
★They had to grow it on three out of every twenty parts of their land.
★Gandhi's intervention brought relief to the peasants.
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