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Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?

Gandhi agreed to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers because he thought that the amount of the refund was less important than the fact that the landlords had been obliged to surrender part of the money and, with it, part of their prestige.


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