Multiple choice

What was the reason for Gandhiji to organize a Satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda ?

  1. Non-suspension of land revenue collection in spite of a drought

  2. Enhancement of land revenue in spite of failure of crops

  3. Confiscation of the land of those who did not pay the land tax by the British administration

  4. The proposal of the administration to introduce 'permanent settlement' in Gujarat
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Explanation

The Kheda Satyagraha was organized because the crops failed due to drought, but the British administration refused to suspend the collection of land revenue, which was against the Famine Code.

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