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title: "Kheda Satyagraha: 1918 Peasant No-Tax Revolt"
description: "The Kheda Satyagraha was Gandhi's 1918 no-tax campaign in Gujarat, marking a pivotal moment in applying satyagraha to peasant grievances."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed July 7, 2026

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- The Kheda Satyagraha was a 1918 campaign of nonviolent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi in the Kheda district of Gujarat, where peasants refused to pay land revenue following a poor harvest.
- How did the Kheda Satyagraha differ from the Champaran Satyagraha?
- What legal basis did the cultivators invoke for revenue suspension?
- Was the Kheda Satyagraha a clear success?
- Why is the Kheda Satyagraha significant for Vallabhbhai Patel's career?

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In March 1918, Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel led Kheda district's Patidar cultivators in pledging to withhold land revenue from the Bombay Presidency after monsoon failure, securing a tacit June 1918 settlement sparing distressed peasants.

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