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The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian independence movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent , during the British colonial period .
Raj Kumar Shukla (23 August 1875 – 20 May 1929) was the person who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran which later led to the Champaran Satyagraha. [1] Shukla at the time paid well to work under Hafiz Din Mohammad and was sent to meet Gandhi.
15 1939 (3-7 March) 99 hours [14] Rajkot: Establishment of a political reform committee and release of satyagraha prisoners. [15] The British Viceroy brokered a deal to end the fast. Gandhi's wife was freed, but the committee was never formed. 16 1943 (10 Feb – 3 Mar) 21 days Delhi: Objecting to six months of detention without charges by the ...
Champaran District was a district of British India. In 1917, Mohandas Gandhi did his first Satyagraha movement in India at this district against European landowners and British government. [ 1 ]
In satyagraha, by contrast, "The Satyagrahi's object is to convert, not to coerce, the wrong-doer." [15] The opponent must be converted, at least as far as to stop obstructing the just end, for this cooperation to take place. There are cases, to be sure, when an opponent, e.g. a dictator, has to be unseated and one cannot wait to convert him.
He also worked for freedom for women, sanitation, health care and schools run by Indians. He was associated with Rashtriya Shala (National School) run by Satyagraha Ashram in 1917. He joined Gujarat Vidyapith in 1920. He also managed Harijan Ashram from 1935. He served as the president of Basic Education Board in 1937.
The Tinkathia System was challenged by the Champaran Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi, this in turn became a watershed moment in the Indian independence movement and it was based on that peasants had to grow indigo on the 3 parts of the land out of 20 parts. In other words, a farmer had to grow Indigo in 3 Katha out of 20 Katha (1 Bigha= 20 Katha).
Motihari, at that time simply called Champaran, was close to Mahatma Gandhi. He came to Motihari on April 15, [30] 1917 [31] with Raj Kumar Shukla to start the Satyagraha movement in Champaran, known as Champaran Satyagraha, which concerned the exploitations of farmers. [32] [33] Gandhi with his supporters held a big campaign in Champaran. [34]