Question

Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life?
आपके अनुसार गाँधीजी चम्पारण प्रकरण को अपने जीवन को बदलाव बिन्दु क्यों मानते थे?

Answer 1

Answer:

Gandhi in 1917 took up the cause of poor and oppressed indigo workers of the Champaran district of Bihar who has to suffer numerous hardship under the rich indigo planters

Answer 2

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$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \text{On request of Rajkumar Shukla, Gandhi went} \\ \text{ to Champaran to realise the pitiable condition of the } \\ \text{poor indigo sharecroppers. Gandhi became very sad} \\ \text{ to know about the sharecroppers' situation from} \\ \text{ Shukla. He went there to help the poor peasants. In } \\ \text{Champaran, Gandhi was able to get an honourable} \\ \text{ settlement by forcing the British landlords to} \\ \text{ surrender part of money with their prestige to the} \\ \text{ poor peasants. \: }$

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \mathtt{I \: \: think \: \: the \: \: Champaran \: \: episode \: \: to \: \: be \: \: a \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ turning \: \: point \: \: in \: \: Gandhi \: \:ji's \: \: life. \: It \: \: is \: \:} \\ \mathtt{ because, \: the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: Champaran \: \: became \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: success \: \: of \: \: civil \: \: disobedience \: \: for \: \: the \: \: } \\ \mathtt{first \: \: time \: \: in \: \: India. \: Even \: \: the \: \: episode \: \: made \: \: } \\ \mathtt{ the \: \: people \: \: fearless \: \: against \: \: the \: \: British, \: \: } \\ \mathtt{which \: \: helped \: \: Gandhi \: \: to \: \: gather \: \: the \: \: people \: \: } \\ \mathtt{for \: \: the \: \: freedom \: \: struggle \: \: of \: \: India.}$