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Why was Gandhi allowed to remain at liberty by the magistrate?
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Write down the proceedings at Motihari court.
The Government was baffled and the officals became helpless at the demonstration of peasants outside the courthouse. The judge was requested to postpone the trial. The pressure of the people was mounting on the government. In order not to aggravate the situation, the judge did not deliver his judgement for several days. Rather he allowed Gandhi to remain free.
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Strike out what is not true in the following:
(a) Rajkumar Shukla was:
(i) a share-cropper (ii) a politician
(iii) delegate (iv) a landlord
Rajkumar Shukla was:
(i) poor, (ii) physically strong
(iii) illiterateWhy is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?
Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?
List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?
The events in this part of the text illustrate Gandhi’s method of working. Can you identify some instances of this method and link them to his ideas of satyagraha and non-violence?
Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?
How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?
Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?
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