The movement specifically addressed the grievances of indigo cultivators who were forced to grow indigo on a fixed portion of their land and sell it at low prices.
Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2012 · Topic: Gandhi and His Early Movement (Champaran Satyagraha (1917))
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Answer: D. Solving the problems of Indigo worker
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