Test: Indigo- 1 - Commerce MCQ

Louis Fischer (1896-1970) was born in Philadelphia in 1896. He served as a volunteer in the British Army between 1918-1920.

Louis Fischer (1896-1970) was born in Philadelphia in 1896. He served as a volunteer in the British Army between 1918-1920. Fischer made a career as a journalist and wrote for The New York Times, The Saturday Review and for European and Asian publications. He was also a member of the faculty of Princeton University.

Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Gandhi leading the Salt March in protest against the government monopoly on salt production.

During his stay at Muzaffarpur, Gandhiji found the share-croppers crushed and fear-stricken. The share-cropping agreement was irksome to them even though many of the peasants had signed it willingly. The Britishers took help of thugs and were subjecting the peasants to torture. Their lawyers, were failures to protect their interests. Gandhi took up their case and appeared in Motihari court. Gandhiji was in trouble with the authorities. The peasants in large number surrounded the court. The government got baffled and had to seek the help of Gandhiji to regulate the crowd. The British landlords were forced to refund their part of money along with their indigo prestige. The Britishers left their estates and the peasants became owners of their land. This was the healthy solution of their problems.

In order to break the deadlock, Gandhiji agreed to 25 percent refund to the farmers. He wanted the poor farmers to realise that they too had rights and that they need not really live in fear of the British landlords. The conflict between the British planters and the peasants changed the plight of the peasants.

It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the British colonial period. The farmers were protesting against having to grow indigo with barely any payment for it.

Rajkumar Shukla was a poor peasant from Champaran district in Bihar. He had come to Lucknow, where a Congress session was being held, to complain about the injustice of the landlord system in Bihar.

Rajkumar Shukla was a poor and emaciated peasant from Champaran. In the annual Congress party session held at Lucknow, he came to complain about the injustices of the landlord system in Bihar. He met Gandhi, introduced himself and told him that he had come to take him there to help the poor share croppers.

Champaran district of Bihar is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal. Under an ancient arrangement, the Champaran peasants were sharecroppers. They had to grow indigo on 15 per cent of the land and give it to the English estate owners as rent.

In order to break the deadlock, Gandhiji agreed to 25 percent refund to the farmers. He wanted the poor farmers to realise that they too had rights and that they need not really live in fear of the British landlords. The conflict between the British planters and the peasants changed the plight of the peasants.