INDIGO BY FISCHER VALUE POINTS/ SUMMARY- CLASS XII ENGLISH CBSE

POINTS TO REMEMBER:

Rajkumar Shukla- A poor sharecrooper from Champaran wishing to meet Gandhiji.

-  Raj Kumar Shukla- an illiterate but resolute hence followed Gandhiji Lucknow, Cawnpore, Ahemdabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzzafarpur & then Champaran.

-   Servants at Rajendra Prasad’s residence thought Gandhiji to be an untouchable.

-  Gandhiji considered as an untouchable because of simple living style and wearing, due to the company of Rajkumar Shukla.

-   Decided to go to Muzzafarpur first to get detailed information about Champaran sharecropper.

-   Sent telegram to J B Kriplani &stayed in Prof Malkani home- a government servant.

-  Indians afraid to show sympathy to the supporters of home rule.

-    The news of Gandhiji’s arrival spread- sharecroppers gathered in large number to meet their champion.

-   Gandhiji chided the Muzzafarpur lawyer for taking high fee.

-   Champaran district was divided into estate owned by English people, Indians only tenant farmers.

-   Landlords compelled tenants to plant 15% of their land with indigo and surrender their entire harvest as rent.

-   In the meantime Germany had developed synthetic indigo –British landlords freed the Indian farmers from the 15% arrangement but asked them to pay compensation.

-   Many signed, some resisted engaged lawyers, and landlords hired thugs.

-    Gandhiji reached Champaran- visited the secretary of the British landlord association to get the facts but denied as he was an outsider.

-    Gandhiji went to the British Official Commissioner who asked him to leave Trihut, Gandhiji disobeyed, went to Motihari the capital of Champaran where a vast multitude greeted him, continued his investigations.

-   Visited maltreated villagers, stopped by the police superintendent but disobeyed the order.

-    Motihari black with peasants spontaneous demonstrations,    Gandhiji released without bail Civil Disobedience triumphed.

-   Gandhiji agreed to 25% refund by the landowners, it symbolized the surrender of the prestige.

-   Gandhiji worked hard towards social economic reforms, elevated their distress aided by his wife, Mahadev Desai, Narhari Parikh.

-    Gandhiji taught a lesson of self reliance by not seeking help of an English man Mr. Andrews.