Saint Vallabhacharya Temple, Champaran.
Gandhi arrived in Champaran, on 10 April 1917
West Champaran(29), Katihar(26),
Radha Mohan Singh represents Purvi Champaran constituency in Bihar state.
The Champaran Inquiry Committee began its preliminary meeting on July 11,
1917.
West Champaran superintendent of police said,“The two had a love affair.
it culminated in the epic Champaran satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
Once, while in Champaran, I was asked to expound my views regarding cow-protection.
His other works include 30 months in Russia(1943), Gandhi in Champaran(1957) and Soviet Sanskriti.
He toured the villages and compelled the government to pass the Champaran Agraria Law in 1918.
Oppression led to discontent and disturbances which continued, particularly in Bihar, till the Champaran satyagraha in 1917,
Having heard of the situation of farmers at Champaran, Gandhi immediately paid a visit to this district in April 1917.
What Raj Kumar Shukla had started, and the massive response people of Champaran gave to Gandhiji, catapulted his reputation throughout India.
Between 1917 and 1918, Gandhi participated in two movements in Champaran( Bihar)
and Kaira( Gujarat) and in the labour dispute in Ahmedabad itself.
In 1917 the farmers of Champaran were forced by the Britishers to grow indigo
and again sell them at very cheap fixed prices.
Araria district accounted for 95 deaths alone, followed by Sitamarhi(34),
West Champaran(29), Katihar(26),
East Champaran(19) while 22 have died in Madhubani, Supaul(13) and Madhepura15.
During 750 to 1155 AD,
the Palas of Bengal were in the possession of Eastern India and Champaran formed the part of their territory.
Inspired by Jawaharlal Nehru,
she embarked on providing help and support for the indigo workers in Champaran who were being subjected to violence and oppression.
Oppression led to discontent and disturbances which continued, particularly in Bihar, till the Champaran satyagraha in 1917,
when the indigo agitation assumed the complexion of a mass political struggle.
It inspired authors and political leaders to agitate against the, exploitation of the peasants by the European planters;
it culminated in the epic Champaran satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi arrived in Champaran, on 10 April 1917
and stay on the house of Sant Raut in Amolwa village with a team of eminent lawyers: Brajkishore Prasad, Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha Babu Gaya prasad Singh Ramnavmi Prasad, and others including J. B. Kripalani.
Weekly spatial rainfall data analysis from the Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) shows that between August 10
and 16, West Champaran received between 240 to 600 millimetres of rainfall; received in such a
short period of time, this amount has had lasting impacts on communities living in the district.