Q. Consider the following statements regarding “Champaran Satyagraha”:
1. Gandhi was requested by Rajendra Prasad, to look into the problems of the farmers in context of indigo planters of Champaran in Bihar.
2. The European planters were practicing the tinkathia system in champaran.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Gandhi was requested by Rajkumar Shukla, a local man, to look into the problems of the farmers in context of indigo planters of Champaran in Bihar.
The European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 part of the total land (called tinkathia system).
Source: Spectrum Modern India.
