What was the most significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917?

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C. It linked the specific grievances of indigo cultivators to India's broader national movement. The Champaran Satyagraha's real significance lies in how it joined a local, specific grievance, the exploitation of indigo cultivators under the tinkathia system, to India's wider national movement, marking Gandhi's first major campaign on Indian soil and demonstrating satyagraha as a tool for mass peasant mobilisation. It did not involve a hunger strike, did not secure full political independence for the cultivators, and did not abolish the zamindari system, which persisted for decades afterward, ruling out the other options. Hence option C correctly captures its most significant aspect.

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A. It was the first movement in which Gandhi used a hunger strike as his method of protest

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B. It secured full political independence for the indigo cultivators of Bihar

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C. It linked the specific grievances of indigo cultivators to India's broader national movement

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D. It led to the immediate abolition of the zamindari system in Bihar