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Name the two main 'Satyagrah' movements organised by Mahatma Gandhi successfully in favour of peasants in 1916 and 1917.                                                                                                       [Delhi 2008]

Answer:

Two Satyagrah movements launched by Gandhiji:

(i) At Champaran in Bihar in 1916 against the Indigo planters.

(ii) At Kheda district in Gujarat on behalf of the peasants to protest against high revenue demands.