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Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
On the Indian independence map as “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.
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- India in World War I (chapter 5 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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