History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-I)
Who did not accompany Mahatma Gandhi when he went to Champaran in 1917?
ABabu Rajendra Prasad
BMazhar-ul-Haq
CJ.B. Kripalani
DAnnie Besant ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Annie Besant — Annie Besant did not accompany him, so the answer is Annie Besant.
Explanation
★Annie Besant did not accompany him, so the answer is Annie Besant.
★Annie Besant did not accompany Mahatma Gandhi when he went to Champaran in Bihar in 1917.
★It was the first Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi in India.
★The Champaran movement was against the Tinkathia system of the indigo planters.
★Under the Tinkathia system every cultivator had to grow indigo on three-twentieths of his land.
★So the one who did not accompany Gandhi to Champaran was Annie Besant.
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