Question

Where and when Mahatma Gandhi used his first experiment in Satyagraha?

Answer 1

Hint:
Satyagraha, (Sanskrit and Hindi: "holding on the truth"), a principle introduced by Mahatma Gandhi at the beginning of the 20th century to designate a determined yet non-violent resistance to evil. Gandhi's satyagraha has been a major instrument in the Indian movement against British imperialism and has since been embraced by activist groups in other nations.

Complete solution:
 The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India and is considered to be a historically important uprising in the Indian Independence Movement. It was a farmers' uprising that took place in the Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the British colonial era. Farmers were complaining that they had to produce indigo with hardly any payment for it.

When Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1915 and saw peasants in northern India exploited by indigo planters, he tried to use the same tactics that he used in South Africa to organize mass uprisings by citizens in protest against injustice.

Champaran Satyagraha was the first successful satyagraha movement in the world. The Champaran Satyagraha provided direction to India's youth and freedom movement, which broke out between the moderates who prescribed Indian participation in the British colonial regime, and the Bengal radicals who supported the use of violent methods to overthrow British colonialists in India.
With the kind of support that Gandhi had already obtained from the people of Champaran, the British government, fearing anarchy, released him. Two days later, the complaint was withdrawn and Gandhi was allowed to stay in the district. The government also ordered its officers to look into the sufferings of indigo farmers.

 Under the Colonial-era rules, many tenant farmers were required to cultivate some indigo on a portion of their land as a condition of their tenure. This indigo has been used to produce a dye. The Germans developed a cheaper artificial dye to reduce the need for indigo. Some tenants paid more rent in exchange for being let off rising indigo. During the First World War, however, the German dye ceased to be available and indigo became lucrative again. Thus, many tenants were once again forced to grow it.

The Champaran Satyagraha provided direction to India's youth and freedom movement, which broke out between the moderates who prescribed Indian participation in the British colonial regime, and the Bengal radicals who supported the use of violent methods to overthrow British colonialists in India.

Note:
Building on the faith of the villagers, Gandhi began to lead village clean-ups, establish schools and hospitals, and urge the village leaders to undo purdah, untouchability, and suppression of women. With the aid of Sant Raut in West Champaran and Madhuban in this district, Gandhi set up two more basic schools in Bhitiharwa.