Modern - Independence Movements

Question 1

What was the Champaran Satyagraha for, and when?

Answer 1

1917
To Protest against the oppressive indigo cultivation system imposed by the British on the farmers

Question 2

What was the Ahmedabad Mill Strike for, and when?

Answer 2

1918
To demand fair wages and better working conditions for the mill workers

Question 3

What was the Kheda Satyagraha for, and when?

Answer 3

1918
To demand relief from taxes for the peasants who were suffering from crop failure and plague

Question 4

What was the Khilafat Movement for, and when?

Answer 4

1919 - 1924
To support the Turkish Muslims who were facing oppression by the British and other European powers after World War 1

Question 5

What was the Non-Cooperation Movement for, and when?

Answer 5

1920 - 22
To boycott the British Institutions, goods, services and laws to demand Swaraj

Question 6

What was the Civil disobedience movement for, and when?

Answer 6

1930 - 34
To defy British Laws, especially the Salt Tax, and to demand complete independence for India

Question 7

What was the Quit India Movement for, and when?

Answer 7

1942 - 1944
To demand an immediate end of British rule in India and to prepare for a mass struggle for Freedom