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The first movement which Gandhiji started in India was in support of the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat.

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The above statement is false.
The first Satyagraha movement was Champaran Satyagraha in 1917.
One of the most significant uprisings in the history of the Indian Independence Movement is considered to have been the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917, which was the first Satyagraha movement Gandhi led in India. In the Champaran region of Bihar, India, there was a farmer's insurrection occurred during the British colonial era. The farmers were furious that they were forced to grow indigo while only receiving minimal payment. In 1918, Gandhi Ji led a satyagraha to aid Gujarati farmers in the Kheda district. Because of their inability to pay the taxes owing to crop failure, the Kheda peasants urged that tax collection be reduced.
The correct statement would be The first Satyagraha movement was Champaran Satyagraha in 1917.

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