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How did the Champaran victory prove to be a victory of Gandhi’s principle of civil disobedience? |
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Answer» With the court order that the British would pay 25 percent refund to the peasants, civil disobedience, a principle so close to Gandhi, won with flying colours. The term means to disobey in a non-violent manner. Gandhi adhered to this ideal all through the court fight. He refused the summons sent to him to leave Champaran. When he was arrested, he helped the British officials manage law and order problem created by the protesting peasants outside the prison. He encouraged them to be non-violent but firm. As a result the British dropped the case against him. The victory over British through truthful and legal means strengthened his belief in the power of nonviolence. |
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