Where did the first Satyagraha movement take place?
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Champaran
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Arwal
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Begusarai
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Buxar
The first Satyagraha movements inspired by Mahatma Gandhi took place in Champaran district of Bihar and the Kheda district of Gujarat from 1917 to 1918. Champaran is a district in the state of Bihar where tens of thousands of landless serfs, indentured labourers and poor farmers were forced to grow indigo and other cash crops instead of the food crops, which were necessary for their survival. These goods were bought from them at a very low price. Suppressed by the ruthless militias of the landlords (mostly British), they were given measly compensation leaving them in extreme poverty. Now in the throes of a devastating famine, the British levied a harsh tax. Without food and without money, the situation was growing worse and the peasants in Champaran revolted against the conditions in indigo plant cultivation in 1914 (at Pipra) and in 1916 at (Turkaulia).