Q. Which of the following statement is correct about the Tinkathia system?
Answer: Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land.
Notes: The Tinkathia system was a system where European planters forced peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 of their land. The name Tinkathia means "teen kattha". The peasants were required to sell the entire crop to the planters at a fixed price. The Tinkathia system was abolished a decade after the Champaran Satyagraha, when the planters left the area. The Satyagraha was led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917. The peasants organized the Satyagraha with the help of Rajendra Prasad and Gandhiji. The Champaran Satyagraha was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India. The movement resulted in the authorities returning all the money taken from the peasants.