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Detailed explanation-1: -A book titled Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha: Select Readings, which has been edited by Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das, was released on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gandhi and The Champaran Satyagraha: Select Readings by Suranjan Das - PrimusBooks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhiji originally wrote his experiences of Satyagraha in South Africa in great detail in Gujarati, and the first English edition of the book was published in 1928.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahatma Gandhi played a crucial role in the Champaran Satyagraha. He launched the first satyagraha movement in India in order to fight against the injustice meted out to the peasants of Champaran.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. The Champaran Satyagraha was a peasants uprising, led by Mahatma Gandhi in the Champaran district of Bihar. The farmer’s in the region revolted against the British power against the imposed indigo cultivation between 1914 and 1916.