INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mohanlal Pandya was an Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and one of the earliest followers of Mahatma Gandhi. Mohanlal Pandya was nicknamed as “Onion Thief” ("Dungli Chor") by Gandhi because he had harvested onion from the land which was taken away by the British Government. He initiated the Kheda Satyagraha.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 was a satyagraha movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat in India organised by Mahatma Gandhi during the period of the British Raj. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -This satyagraha was centred on the peasant-Patidar community of Kheda, who refused to agree to a 23 percent tax hike imposed on them despite a disastrous crop failure and outbreak of plague and cholera.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahatma Gandhi organised the Kheda Satyagraha. It is one of the revolutionary methods of freedom fighters. After Champaran, the Kheda Satyagraha was the second Satyagraha movement. The main aim of this movement is to support the peasants.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Kheda Satyagraha began on 11 March, 1918, just four days after the great mill strike in ahmedabad.