In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi organised a Satyagraha in Kheda district of Gujarat in support of the :

Options

A. cotton mill workers who were demanding better wages
B. tribals whose customary rights were beign violated
C. women who were struggling against the oppressive patriarchal system
D. peasants who were affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic

Answer

D

Explanation

It was the third Satyagraha movement after Champaran Satyagraha and Ahmedabad mil movement to support the peasants of kheda district. People of Kheda were unable to pay the high taxes levied by the British due to crop failure and a plague epidemic.