Which of the following was a direct outcome of the Champaran satyagraha?
- A.Abolition of the permanent settlement in Bihar
- B.Abolition of the tinkathia system
- C.Repeal of the salt tax
- D.Creation of a separate province of Bihar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, abolition of the tinkathia system. The enquiry committee of 1917 accepted the cultivators' case, and the Champaran Agrarian Act of 1918 ended the obligation to grow indigo on three kathas in twenty and ordered a partial refund of the illegal exactions. It was the first legislative victory of a Gandhian movement in India.
Option A is wrong because the permanent settlement of 1793 continued in Bihar until the zamindari abolition laws passed after independence. Option C is wrong because the salt tax belongs to the Civil Disobedience movement of 1930 and was not touched in 1918. Option D is wrong because Bihar had already been separated from Bengal in 1912, five years before the satyagraha, so this option reverses the order of events.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Champaran Satyagraha took place in which of the following states of India?
- A.Odisha
- B.Gujarat
- C.Bihar
- D.West Bengal
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Champaran is a district of north Bihar, with Motihari as its headquarters, and the satyagraha of 1917 was fought there against the indigo planters' tinkathia system.
Read the full explanation →Who persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran?
- A.Rajendra Prasad
- B.Raj Kumar Shukla
- C.Brajkishore Prasad
- D.Mazharul Haque
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Shukla was a cultivator of Champaran who met Gandhi at the Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916 and followed him from place to place until Gandhi agreed to come to the district.
Read the full explanation →In the tinkathia system of Champaran, the cultivator was required to grow indigo on
- A.three kathas out of every twenty kathas of his land
- B.three bighas out of every twenty bighas
- C.one third of his total holding
- D.three acres of every holding
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The word tinkathia comes from the obligation to plant indigo on three kathas out of every twenty kathas of land, twenty kathas making one bigha in the local measure.
Read the full explanation →The enhanced rent that Champaran planters charged for releasing tenants from indigo cultivation was called
- A.Tawan
- B.Sharahbeshi
- C.Abwab
- D.Begar
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When synthetic dye destroyed the market for natural indigo, the planters freed tenants from the obligation to grow it but raised their rent permanently; this enhancement was known as sharahbeshi.
Read the full explanation →The Champaran Agrarian Act, which abolished the tinkathia system, was passed in which year?
- A.1916
- B.1917
- C.1918
- D.1920
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The government appointed the Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee in 1917 with Gandhi as one of its members, and acting on its report Parliament of the province passed the Champaran Agrarian Act in 1918.
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