Under
the British rule, many farmers in the Champaran district of Bihar were forced
to grow indigo on a portion of their land as a condition of their tenancy, much
to their dismay. This indigo was used to make a dye. To fight this, a money
lender named Raj Kumar Shukla reached out to Gandhiji and requested him to come
and help them. Gandhiji came down to Champaran on 10th April 1917 with a team
of eminent lawyers Dr Rajendra Prasad, Brajkishore Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha,
Ramnavmi Prasad, and others including Acharya Kripalani and thus, the Champaran
Satyagraha began.
A
year-round celebration in commemoration of 100 years of Champaran Satyagrah
began on 10th April 2017 with a National Conclave or Rashtritya Vimarsh where eminent
Gandhian thinkers, philosophers and scholars participated in Bihar. To
commemorate Champaran Satyagraha Centenary a set of three commemorative stamps
in denomination of Rs. 5,10 and 25 and a Miniature Sheet in denomination of Rs.
40 were released on 13th May 2017 by Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for
Communication (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Railways.
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