Indigo- Louis Fischer- Flamingo chapter 5th Summary and Notes

Indigo- Louis Fischer- Flamingo chapter 5th Summary and Notes

Introduction Of Chapter

In This Chapter We Will See How Mahatma Gandhi Stood Up For The Poor Peasants Of Champaran, Bihar.
Champaran Episode
Landlords Extorted Money From Poor Peasants
At The End Their Struggle Ended With Victory 

Main Characters In The Story

1- Mahatma Gandhi 
2- Rajkumar Shukla  (Poor farmer)
3- Land Lords 
4- Rajendra Prasad & Other Advocates

Summary

This Chapter Deals In Detail How Gandhi Ji Freed The Poor Peasants Of Champaran.
From The Clutches Of The British Planters.
Gandhi ji attended annual convention of the Indian national congress.
in Lucknow in December 1916.
A Poor Peasant Named Rajkumar Shukla.
Approached Gandhi Ji To Come To The Help Of The Peasants.
In Champaran.
He Wanted Gandhi Ji To Come In His District. 
Rajkumar Shukla Was Illiterate But He Was Resolute. 
He Had Come Here To Complain Against The Injustice Of The Landlord System In Bihar.
Poor Peasants Are Beaten And Tortured For Not Obeying Landlord.
Gandhi Ji Was Very Busy During Those Days But Rajkumar Remained By His Side All The Time. 
Gandhi Ji Was Impressed With Rajkumar's Determination.
Gandhi Ji Asked Rajkumar To Meet Him In Calcutta And Take Him From There.
Rajkumar Met Gandhi Ji On That Day. 
He Took Gandhi Ji To Patna.
There He Took Him To The House Of Rajendra Prasad (Who Later Became President).
But Rajendra Prasad Was Not In Town.
He Decided First To Go To Muzzafarpur That Was On The Way To Champaran.
He Wanted To Collect Information About The Conditions In Champaran.
J.B Kripalani Waited For Gandhi Ji At The Station With A Large Body Of Students.
Gandhi Ji Learnt That The Peasants In Champaran Were Sharecroppers. 
By An Ancient Agreement, They Had To Plant Indigo On 15 % Of The Land.
The Entire Crop Had To Be Surrendered To The Landlords As Rent. 
The Peasants Were Unhappy Over This Injustice
Germany Had Developed Synthetic Indigo,
So Now Indigo Plantation Was Not Profitable.
So, Landlords Made Them Sign A New Agreement.
They Have To Pay Compensation For Not Planting Indigo On The 15% Land.
Many Of The Illiterate Peasants Signed This Agreement, Others Protested.
They Got Lawyers And Went To Court.
It Was At This Point That Gandhiji Arrived In Champaran.
He Met Many Lawyers Of Bihar.
Like : Rajendra Prasad, Brij Kishore Babu, Maulana Mazharul Huq And Many Others.
Gandhi Ji Met The Secretary Of British Landlord’s Association, But He Didn’t Give Him Any Info.
Gandhi Ji Proceeded To Motihari
Gandhi Ji Was Asked To Leave Champaran With An Official Notice
Gandhi Ji Disobey The Order So He Received A Summon To Appear In Court Next Day.
Gandhi Ji Talked To Viceroy 
Gandhi Ji Helped The Officials To Regulate The Crowd 
The Government And Authorities Wanted To Postpone The Trial But Gandhi Ji Protested.
Gandhi Ji Doesn’t Want To Set A Bad Example As A Law Breaker But He Also Wants To Do Justice To Thousands Of Poor Sharecroppers
The Lawyers Decided To Follow Gandhi Ji Into The Jail.
The Battle Of Champaran Is Won – Said Gandhi Ji 
Several Days Later, Gandhi Ji Received A Written Communication From The Magistrate,
Informing Him That The Lieutenant Governor Of The Province Had Ordered The Case To Be Dropped. For The First Time In Modern India Civil Disobedience Had Won.
Gandhi Ji Was The Main Representative Of The Peasants.
At Last The Landlords Agreed To Pay Back The Compensation They Had Illegally Collected. 
The Representative Of The Landlords Offered To Refund 25% And Gandhi Ji Agreed.
Gandhi Ji Explained It To His Followers That The Amount Of The Refund Was Not Important. 
Gandhi Ji Wanted To Do Something To Remove Social Backwardness In The Champaran Villages.
Mahadev Desai, Narhari Parikh And Their Wives Also Joined.
Gandhi Ji Son Devdas Also Joined Them.
Primary Schools Were Opened In Different Villages.
Kasturba Taught Cleanliness And Sanitation.
Health Conditions Were Miserable.
Gandhi Ji Got A Doctor To Volunteer His Services For Six Months. 
The Chamsparan Episode Was A Turning Point In Gandhi Ji's Life. It Proved That The British Could Not Order Him About In His Own Country.
He Wanted Indians To Stand On Their Own Feet And Fight For Themselves.
Gandhi Ji Opposed The Stay Of C.F Andrews And His  Help.

Most Important Questions For Board Exams

1. The Champaran Episode Was A Turning Point In Gandhi Ji’s Life . Elucidate.
2. “The Battle Of Champaran Is Won!” Why Did Gandhi Ji Exclaim This ?
3. Why Is Rajkumar Shukla Described As Being Resolute ?
4. What Did Gandhi Ji Do To Remove The Cultural And Social Backwardness In The Champaran Villages ?

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