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Turning point · Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948
Champaran — Gandhi’s first satyagraha
Apr 1917 — A barrister just returned from South Africa takes up the cause of indigo tenant-farmers in north Bihar, defies an order to leave, and wins. The method — disciplined, documented, non-violent refusal — has found its country.
This is one scene of Chapter 3 — The Great War’s Price in Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948.
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