Indigo
Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · English
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Background and Initial Encounter
- Louis Fischer (1896-1970) was an American journalist who wrote this biographical account
- The incident took place in 1917 during the Indian National Congress session in Lucknow
- Rajkumar Shukla, an illiterate but determined sharecropper from Champaran, approached Gandhi
Journey to Champaran and Initial Challenges
- Gandhi first went to Muzaffarpur to gather information about the situation
- He stayed with Professor Malkani, which was considered extraordinary for a government teacher
- The servants at Rajendra Prasad's house treated Gandhi as another peasant
The Indigo System and Peasant Exploitation
- Most arable land was owned by Englishmen and worked by Indian tenants
- Peasants were forced to plant indigo on 15% (three-twentieths) of their land
- The entire indigo harvest had to be surrendered as rent under long-term contracts
Gandhi's Investigation and Confrontation with Authorities
- Gandhi tried to gather facts by meeting the British landlord association secretary
- The secretary refused to provide information, calling Gandhi an 'outsider'
- Gandhi met the British commissioner who bullied him and advised him to leave
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