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In place of the full refund of money why did Gandhi agree just only for 25 per cent amount?

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Why did Gandhi agree to the planter’s offer of a 25% refund to the farmers?

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Gandhi explained that the amount of the refund was less important. More important was the fact that the landlords were made to return part of the money, so their prestige. They had so far behaved as lords above law. The peasants saw that they had rights, defenders and also courage. Within few years British planters left the estates for the peasants. Share-cropping was only a tale now. It changed the conditions of the peasant completely.

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