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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.
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 .
Mahatma Gandhi was invited to dinner by the manager of an indigo plant, Erwin. Erwin insisted to his cook, Batak Mian, to add poison to a glass of milk, and to serve to Gandhi. [2] He went to serve, but revealed the plot to Rajendra Prasad. [3] [4] After escaping from the attempt, Mahatma Gandhi continued his protest at Champaran. The estate ...
In April 1918, during the latter part of World War I, the Viceroy invited Gandhi to a War Conference in Delhi. [87] Gandhi agreed to support the war effort. [38] [88] In contrast to the Zulu War of 1906 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, when he recruited volunteers for the Ambulance Corps, this time Gandhi attempted to recruit combatants ...
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 ]
Parikh was born on 17 October 1891 in Ahmedabad. [1] [2] His family belonged to Kathlal (now in Kheda district).He studied in Ahmedabad and matriculated in 1906. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics in 1911 and LL.B. in 1913.
He met with Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 and was inspired. He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, in which Gandhi handpicked Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Sinha [3] along with him to successfully lead the movement.
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]