How Champaran Turned a Reluctant Gandhi Into Indian mass leader

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:57:10 +0000

In December 1916, Mahatma Gandhi was approached by a man from Champaran with a request to fight British indigo planters there. Gandhi was not sure about the project. He did not know about the exploitative indigo cultivation. Nor had he even heard about the place. He eventually agreed to visit Champaran but only for two days.