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SESSION : 2024-25

UNSUNG HEROES OF CHAMPARAN EPISODE

Submitted To Submitted By

(Kumud Kapoor] [Tarun Narwat]

Class XII Non Med.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my gratitude and

appreciation to all who gave me the
possibility to complete this project.
Also I take this opportunity to express my
deep sense of gratitude to my English teacher
Mrs.Kumud Kapoor under whose valuable
guidance this project work has been carried
out.
I would like to extend my special thanks to
my parents and friends. Without their
support and coordination we would not have
been able to complete this project.
 Certificate

This is to certify that Tarun Narwat of class-XII

Delhi Scholars International School, Faridabad
has completed this project under my supervision,
he has taken proper care and sincerity of this
project. I certify that this is up to my expectation
and as per the guideline issued by C.B.S.E.

Teacher's signature
 Action plan
During mid term examinations, we were informed
about the project and outline was provided. All
the detailed information regarding the format was
provided after the midterm examinations, which
gave ample time to plan about how to proceed
with the project. After that different topics based
on which project can be prepared were provided
and finalized. Further research regarding the
topic was done a questionnaire was made
responsible were received. All the information
collected either from the internet or personnel
responsible was combined and the draft was
prepared and submitted after making some
adjustments. Approval from the teacher was
received and this project was completed.
INDEX

SR NO PARTICULAR PAGE NO REMARKS

1 INTRODUCTION 1-2

2 BACKGROUND OF INDIGO 3-6

3 UNSING HEROES OF CHAMPARAN EPISODE : 7

RAJKUMAR SHUKLA 8-10

BATAK MIAN 11-12

PEER MOHAMMAD MUNIS 13-14

BRAJ KISHORE PRASAD

15-16

5 QUESTIONNAIRE 17-19

6 QUESTIONNAIRE 20

RESPONSE CHART

7 CONCLUSION 21-22

8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 23
 Introduction
The champaran satyagraha of 1917 was the first
Sathyagra Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in
British India and is considered a historically
important rebellion in the Indian independence
movement. It was a Farmers apprising text took
place in Champaran district off Bihar in the Indian
subcontinent during the British colonial.The
farmers were protesting against having to grow
indigo with barely any payment for it.When
Gandhi killed 2 India from South Africa? In 1915
and so peasants. In northern India, a pressed by
individual planters. He tried to use the same
method that he has used in South Africa to
organize mass apprising by people to protest
against injustice.Champaran satyagraha was the
first popular satyagraha movement. The
Champaran satyagraha gave direction to India's
Youth and Freedom. Struggle with sway's
torturing between moderate's. Who prescribed
Indian participation within the British colonial
system and the extremists from Bengal who
advocated the use of violent Mat set to topple
British colonial rule in India.
Under colonial era laws, many tenant farmers
were forced to grow some indigo on a portion of
their land as the condition of their tenancy. This
indigo was used to make die, the Germans had
invented a cheaper artificial dye, so the demand
for indigo fell. Some tenants paid more rent in
return for being led to having to grow indigo.
However, during the First World War, the German
die seized to be available, and so indigo became
profitable again. Thus, many tenants were once
again forced to grow it on a portion of their land
as was required by their leaves. Naturally this
created much anger and resentment.
 Background of Indigo
Neil (indigo) Start it being Crown commercially. In
Bihar, United province's and Bengal presidency
in 175 zero, being a cashdrop which needed high
amounts of water and usually left the soil. In
fertile, local farmers usually opposed its
cultivation instead of preferring to grow daily
need cropped such as rice and pulses. He, the East
Indian company issued. Policies designed to
pressurf rise. Farmers to grow indigo often by
making this the. Session for providing non
through coalition with local kingsday's navs and
landlords. The trade Led to the fortunes of several
indian and european merchants and trading
companies, including Jardine Matthesan, E
Pabaney Sasson And Swire. As the Indian indigo
trade to China was made illegal in the early 1900s.
And was restricted in the United States. In 1910
indigo, traders began to Put pressure on farmers
to increase production. Many tenants alleged that
landlords had used strong arm tactics to exact
illegal cecess And to extort them in other way, this
issue had been highlighted by number of lawyers
politicians and their had. Also been a commission
of inquiry. Ganesha Shankar Vidyarthi and Peer
Muneesh Published the conditions of Champaran
in their publications because of which they lost
their jobs. Raj kumar shukla Who owned some
land persuaded Gandhi took go to Champaran.
And thus the Champaran satyagraha begin.
Gandhi arrived in Champaran on 10 April 1917
and stayed at the house of santrawat.
In amolva Village with the team of eminent
Lawyers Brajkishor prasad,Maulana Mazharul
Haque, Anugrah narayan Sinha and other
including J.B.Kriplani.
His Handpicked team off eminent lawyers,
organised a detailed study and survey of the
villages accounting. The authorities and terrible
episodes of suffering, including the general state
of degenerate Lea. His main assault came as he
was arrested by police on 16 April on the charge
of creating unrest and was ordered to leave the
province when asked by magistrate. George
Chander add mothihari district. Court on 18 april
To pay security of rupee's one hundred gandhi,
humbldi refused to be constrained by the
diktat.Hundreds of thousands of people protested
and rallied outside the court demanding his
release, which the court unwillingly did. The case
was subsequently withdrawn by british
government.Gandhi laid organised protests and
strike against the landlord's Ho gave the guidance
of the British government since an agreement
granting more compensation and controlled over
farming for the poor farmers of the. Region and
cancellation of revenue hides and collection until
the feminine ended. It was during this agitation
that first time Gandhi was called Bapu. By Sant
Raut And there was popularization off mahatma
which was given to gandhi by Ravindranath
tagore gandhi himself did not like being
addressed as mahatma preferring to be called
bapu.
Champaran movement concluded with the
introduction of champaran agrarian bill by W
Maude Member of executive council Government
of Bihar and Orissa consisting of almost all
recommendations. Gandhi mission had made, and
it became the Champaran agrarian law. This was
for the first time that civil disobedience in India
made British adjust their solicitor attitude. While
the British government had crushed the Indian
rebellion of 1857 satyagraha, with its nonviolent
communication confused the colonial government
in to be leaving that it would be unsuccessful one
of the Gandhi's biographers, David Arnold writes
that gandhi confused angered and divided the
British in almost. Equal measure the British thus
were unsure whether he was in their terms or
loyalists or a Rebellion It was Gandhi's mural
superiority that played a crucial role in the
success of satyagraha and Gandhi's final mission
of India's independence.

UNSUNG HEROES OF CHAMPARAN EPISODE

RAJKUMAR SHUKLA

Raj Kumar Shukla (23 August 1875 – 20 May 1929) was the
person who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to
visit Champaran which later led to the Champaran
Satyagraha.[1] Shukla at the time paid well to work under
Hafiz Din Mohammad and was sent to meet Gandhi.
Early life History
During the 31st session of the Congress in Lucknow in
1916, Gandhiji met Raj Kumar Shukla, a
representative of farmers from Champaran, who
requested him to come and see for himself the
miseries of the indigo ryots (tenant farmers) there.
Gandhi later wrote in his autobiography “I must
confess that I did not then know even the name, much
less the geographical position, of Champaran, and I
had hardly any notion of indigo plantations.” Shukla
thus met Gandhi to make him aware of the plight of
the cultivators in Champaran and persuaded him to
go there. He was a known Indigo cultivator of the area
as he was a money lender from village Murli
Bharahwa near Narkatiyaganj in West Champaran,
earning, according to his own statement before the
enquiry committee set up by the provincial
Government, a sum of two thousand rupees a month
as interest.
 BATAK MIAN

Batak Mian, was a cook who saved the life of Mahatma

Gandhi from a murder attempt by food poisoning[1] in
1917. He was an employee of an indigo plant
at Motihari, Bihar. Afterwards, he was ousted from his
job, tortured, and compelled to leave the village.
Incident
Mahatma Gandhi was invited to dinner by the
manager of an indigo plant, Erwin. Erwin insisted to
his cook, Batak Mian, to add poison to a glass of milk,
and to serve to Gandhi. He went to serve, but revealed
the plot to Rajendra Prasad. After escaping from the
attempt, Mahatma Gandhi continued his protest
at Champaran. The estate manager tortured Batak
Mian, lost his house and properties, and was driven
out of his village.
After Independence of India
Rajendra Prasad visited Motihari in 1950, as
President of India. A crowd formed around him and
he recognized Batak Mian from the crowd, and
described to the public how the incident happened in
1917. He ordered to grant Batak Mian 24 acres of
land as an appreciation from the nation. He died in
1957.
BRAJKISHORE PRASAD
Brajkishore Prasad (1877–1946) was a lawyer
inspired by Mohandas Gandhi during the Indian
Independence Movement.
 Early life and education
Born in a Kayastha family in Srinagar, Siwan
district, Prasad gained his early education
in Chhapra and Patna before moving
to Presidency College in Calcutta, where he
completed his legal training.
He married Phuljhari Devi. He set up a legal
practise in Darbhanga and had two sons, Vishwa
Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad, more commonly
known as SN Prasad, and two
daughters, Prabhavati Devi and Vidyawati.
He met with Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 and was inspired. He
decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle
and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in
Gandhi taking up the Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, in
which Gandhi handpicked Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah
Narayan Sinha along with him to successfully lead the
movement. Gandhi was so impressed by Prasad's
dedication that he set aside a full chapter on him in his
autobiographical book, The Story of My Experiments with
Truth, called "The Gentle Bihari".
Prasad remained at the forefront of the freedom
struggle in Bihar, and his collaboration with
several colleagues was instrumental in the setting
up of the Bihar Vidyapeeth.] For the last ten years
of his life he was severely infirmed, and died in
1946.[4]
The National Book Trust, India, recently
published a biography titled Braja Kishore
Prasad: The Hero of Many Battles, authored by
Sachidanand Sinha.

QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Hindi journalist who brought in light the plight of the indigo farmers
?
o Peer Mohammad Munis
o Raj Kumar Shukla
o Brij Kishore Prasad
o None of these
2. On whose suggestion did Rajkumar Shukla set out on a journey to
change the life of the peasands ?
o Sheikh Gulam
o Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
 o Manoj Singh
3. Chaparan is located in which state ?
o Andhra Pradesh
o Bihar
o Gujarat
o Jharkhand
4. Irwin ordered whom to kill Gandhi by mixing poison in his milk ?
o Batak Mian
o Peer Munis
o Rajkumar Shukla
o Brij Kishore
5. What percentage of refund was offered by the britishers ?
o 100%
o 75%
o 50%
o 25%
6. Gandhi ji remained in Champaran for ?
o 1 Year
o 4 Months
o 5 Months
o 7 Months
7. Who saved Gandhi’s life at Irwin’s bungalow ?
o Rajkumar Shukla
o Rajendra Prasad
o Batak Mian
o Peer Munis

8. On whose insistence did Gandhiji visit Champaran ?

o JB Kripalani
o Rajender Prasad
 o Rajkumar Shukla
o Batak Mian
9. Which cultivation system was followed in Champaran ?
o Rhotwari
o Mahalwari
o Tinkathis
o Kurtauli
10. In which year did Gandhiji launch Champaran satyagraha ?
o 1921
o 1917
o 1916
o 1918
11. Along with whom Rajkumar Shukla started organizing peasants
against forcible indigo plantation ?
o Sheikh Gulam
o Dr. Rajender Prasad
o Batak Mian
o No One
12. Where did Gandhiji stay for two days ?
o At a peasant’s house
o At a lawyer’s house
o In a guest house
o At Prof Malkani’s house
S. Submitted Total
Name Results Answer Sheet Link
No Time Marks
Gaurav
1 07-01-2023 Gupta 12 100.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhffdd
2 07-01-2023 Mayank G 9 75.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdkf
3 07-01-2023 Agam 10 83.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdkf
4 07-01-2023 Lakshika 6 50.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdkh
5 07-01-2023 Raghav 10 83.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
6 07-01-2023 Abhishek 5 41.67% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
Umang
7 07-01-2023 Mittal 5 41.67% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
8 07-01-2023 Rishi 4 33.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
9 07-01-2023 Aayushi 7 58.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
10 07-01-2023 Krish Goyal 0.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
11 07-01-2023 Bhupish Jain 10 83.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
12 07-01-2023 Jiya 4 33.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
Kashish
13 07-01-2023 Sharma 8 66.67% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
14 07-01-2023 Prince 7 58.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
Ashish
15 07-01-2023 Kargeti 6 50.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
16 07-01-2023 Divija Jain 7 58.33% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
17 07-01-2023 Naman 11 91.67% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
18 07-01-2023 Prerna 9 75.00% https://quizzory.in/answer-sheet/eumkdfsu84mhfdk
 CONCLUSIONS

The project is relate to the chapter 5 of our flamingo

textbook that is ‘INDIGO’ . Though it reveals the story
of an unsung warrior ‘Rajkumar Shukla’ without
whose insistence this episode would not had
happened but this doesn’t end up with him only.
Champaran before Gandhi, it is true that people like
Shekh Gulab, Rajkumar Shukla, Harvansh Sahay, Pir
Mohammad Munish, Sant Raut, Domraj Singh and
Radhumal Marvadi had been leading the movement
there.
But they didn’t get that much recognition may be
because of lack of discussion in media, books etc.
Their stories are told by the local village people only.
So I prepared a questionnaire to check the knowledge
of the people about such pioneers. After evaluating
the responses and getting an average score of about
60% reveals that major proportion of them know
about the unsung heroes and not just glorified leaders
like Gandhi. But still there seems to be a wide spread
unawareness about them due to which it is important
to increase the knowledge of people about such
heroes and their memorable contribution towards the
freedom of our country.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

➢Wikipedia
➢Class 12th textbook flamingo
➢The wire.com
➢Fluentu.com
➢Indianews.com