After returning from South Africa, Gandhi's first major application of Satyagraha on Indian soil was the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917. This movement was launched to protest against the Tinkathia system, where indigo planters forced peasants to cultivate indigo on three-twentieths of their land under oppressive conditions.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the first Satyagraha campaign in
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