Question

The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by which of the following leaders?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Vallabhbhai Patel 
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Vallabhbhai Patel 

• The Bardoli satyagraha took place in Gujarat and it was led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 
• It was a tax revolt that took place in 1928 in the taluka (sub-district) of Bardoli, located in the district of Surat in south Gujarat. 
• Patel had gathered all the Muslims and Hindus in Bardoli and performed non-violent satyagraha by doing a revolt against the British. 
• The protest achieved its principal objective, which included forcing the colonial state to withdraw a policy aimed at raising the rate of land revenue paid by peasants.
• This particular anti-colonial protest was celebrated as the first “successfully” organized episode of popular satyagraha that resisted the colonial state.