Question

ENGLISH SYLLABUS TERM IIChapter-5 : Indigo‘The Resolute Peasant’ – Raj Kumar Shukla

Accepted Answer

• In 1917, Gandhi Ji was at annual convention of the  Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. • Raj Kumar Shukla was a poor emaciated peasant or  sharecropper at Champaran. • Rajkumar wanted Gandhi Ji to visit his district and  look into the peasant’s condition. (Injustice of the  landlord system in Bihar). • After a lot a tenacity, Gandhi told him to come Calcutta  and take him from there. Visit to Rajendra Prasad’s House • Shukla & Gandhi ji went to Patna, Bihar to meet  Rajendra Prasad (a lawyer) but he was out of town. • The Servants knew Shukla as a poor peasant who  pestered Rajendra Prasad to help the indigo  Sharecropper • Servants did not allow them to drink water from the  well as they thought they were untouchable.

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