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Option 2 : 1916
The correct answer is 1916.
- Gandhi got an invitation to the opening ceremony of Banaras Hindu University(BHU) in 1916.
- Many eminent speakers were invited as guests and Gandhi was one of them.
- He addressed the gathering where most of the audience were young people.
- This was the first public appearance of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Madan Mohan Malaviya was one of the founders of BHU.
- 1915
- Gandhi arrived in India on 9th January 1915.
- This day is celebrated as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
- He returned from South Africa after a long stay of 21 years where he experimented with non-violence techniques.
- 1917
- The famous Champaran Satyagraha took place in 1917.
- It is a nonviolent protest against the British orders to cultivate only Indigo.
- Gandhi stood behind the farmers' cause and won concessions.
- Champaran is a region in Bihar.
- 1918
- Kheda Satyagraha took place in 1918.
- It is a civil resistance movement to support the peasants who could not pay taxes because of famine and plague.
- Kheda is a town in Gujarat, the birthplace of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
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