GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Motilal Nehru
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Raj Kumar Shukla
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J.B. Kriplani
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Rajendra Prasad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahatma Gandhi was invited to Champaran at the behest of Raj Kumar Shukla and Sant Raut. His arrival at Champaran would begin a satyagraha movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gandhi arrived in Champaran, on 10 April 1917 and stayed at the house of Sant Raut in Amolwa village with a team of eminent lawyers: Brajkishore Prasad, Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Mazharul Haque, Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Babu Gaya Prasad Singh, Ramnavmi Prasad, and others including J. B. Kripalani.
Detailed explanation-3: -The indigo cultivators of Champaran were greatly exploited by European planters. They were bound by law to grow indigo on 3/20th of their land and sell it to the British planters at prices fixed by them. They invited Gandhiji to take up their cause.