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  2. Raj Kumar Shukla - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Champaran Satyagraha - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. Batak Mian - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    (Sitting L to R) Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Sinha during Mahatma Gandhi's 1917 Champaran Satyagraha. Gandhi had been a leader of the Indian nationalist movement in South Africa. He had also been a vocal opponent of basic discrimination and abusive labour treatment as well as suppressive police control such as the Rowlatt Acts.

  6. India pays tribute to Gandhi on 150th birth anniversary - AOL

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    Gandhi, who was born in 1869, played a key role in India's fight for independence. He was assassinated on January 30, 1948, just few months after he led India to freedom from British rule through ...

  7. Dad Has Been Surprising Daughter, Now 18, with a New ... - AOL

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    Now, 18 years later, the dress reveal has become a staple of the family’s holiday festivities, which Ava, a singer-songwriter in Franklin, Tenn., looks forward to opening all year.

  8. British Raj - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi made his political debut in India in 1917 in Champaran district in Bihar, near the Nepal border, where he was invited by a group of disgruntled tenant farmers who, for many years, had been forced into planting indigo (for dyes) on a portion of their land and then selling it at below-market prices to the British planters who had leased ...

  9. A Sleep Expert Warns Against "Unhealthy" Sleep Trend - AOL

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    More and more people are talking about polyphasic sleep patterns. But a sleep doctor explains why polyphasic sleep is so unhealthy for humans.