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Indigo
What was done to improve the miserable health condition?
A doctor volunteered his services for six months. There were three medicines available, castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Persons with coated tongue were given a dose of castor oil. Those with malaria fever got quinine plus castor oil. Others with skin eruptions got ointment plus castor oil. Mrs. Gandhi taught women individual and general cleanliness.
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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?
How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers? Give instances.
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