1 History & Culture · 1.5.4 Gandhi and the mass movements 1917–1922

1.5.4.1 Gandhi in South Africa and the early satyagrahas: Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad

Gandhi shaped satyagraha in South Africa (1893-1914), returned to India in 1915, and tested it in three local struggles in 1917-18: Champaran, the Ahmedabad mill strike and Kheda.

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  • Gandhi
  • South Africa
  • Natal Indian Congress
  • Phoenix Farm
  • Tolstoy Farm
  • Champaran
  • tinkathia
  • Kheda
  • Ahmedabad mill strike
  • Sabarmati

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