The Kheda Satyagraha is also known as the Kheda Satyagraha. It is also referred to as the Kheda movement. The Kheda Satyagraha movement was held in Kheda, a district in Gujarat. The Kheda Satyagraha was organized by Mahatma Gandhi. It is one of the techniques that revolutionaries use during the struggle for independence. It was the second Satyagraha movement after Champaran. This movement’s purpose was to assist the peasants. Gandhi Ji wanted to end the abuses Britishers subjected to the peasants, principally the taxes they imposed. The Kheda Satyagraha had a significant influence on India’s freedom.
Kheda Satyagraha
The Kheda movement was organized by Mahatma Gandhi for the peasant-Patidar community of Kheda. The peasant-Patidar community of Kheda did not pay their taxes (23%) despite the fact that they lost their entire crop due to the cholera and plague. Mahatma Gandhi influenced the peasants of Kheda to not pay the revenue, and he began requesting a remission. After the movement, the British government accepted their demands and only charged taxes for paying peasants.
Kheda Satyagraha date
The Kheda Satyagraha began on March 22, 1918 and ended on June 5, 1918. Gandhi Ji and various other social reformers, activists and freedom fighters participated in the movement to fulfil the demands of the peasants of Kheda.
Kheda Satyagraha leaders
- Shankarlal Banker
- Narhari Parikh
- Mahadev Desai
- Indulal Yagnik
- Narhari Parikh
- Ravi Shankar Vyas
- Mohanlal Pandya
Features of Kheda Satyagraha
- The Kheda Satyagraha is organized because the crops of the Kheda districts had failed due to the plague and cholera.
- The British Government had imposed the 23% tax. However, the Kheda farmers were demanding a remission if the crop is one-fourth of the normal yield. They demanded that remission based on the Revenue Code of a one-fourth tax.
- The Gujarat sabha, in which peasants are also partners, has requested a cancellation of the British Government’s revenue assessment of 1919.
- The British Government has informed the peasants that if they do not pay the 23% tax, their land would be confiscated, and they would be unable to produce crops.
- Gandhi Ji, the father of the nation, calls upon the citizens of Kheda District not to pay any or all of the unnecessary taxes.
- Gandhiji and his lawyers on their own, being aware of the citizens of Kheda District, give them several suggestions. They give the peasant citizens of Kheda conventional political leadership for the upliftment of Kheda Satyagraha.
- All castes individuals supported the tax revolt movement.
- The Kheda Satyagraha is a tremendous symbol of unity and discipline.
- The British Government confiscated the property of many peasants; yet they still did not abandon the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. They always supported this movement until they got what they demand.
Results of Kheda Satyagraha
After continuous efforts for several months, Mahatma Gandhi and his supporters, including peasants, were successful. The British government had accepted this agreement and unseized the lands of all peasants. However, Britishers also suspended the tax of 1919. Along with this, the British government also had to return those lands they had previously seized. Kheda Satyagraha is one of the big achievements of peasants in the history of India.
