With the observance of the All India Flag Day on June 18, 1923, the Jhanda Satyagraha assumed national complexion with Nagpur as its headquarters and “Nagpur Chalo” as its slogan.
Lord Dalhousie’s annexation policy created resentment among the Indian states. The Hindus were afraid of losing their status as Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse police did not justify Hindu laws of adoption of son as a legal heir. Fear of conversion to Christianity among the Hindus also there. Dissatisfaction among the Indian soldier broke out as they were deprived of high salaries and the facilities what the British provided to the European soldiers. The tight economic policy of the British made the condition of the peasant more miserable by imposing heavy tax and unpopular revenue policies.
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