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![]() Gandhiji on reaching Champaran was ordered by the Commissioner to immediately leave the district. Gandhiji declined. The Government of India not wiling to make an issue of it ordered the local Government to retreat. A victorious Gandhiji embarked on his investigation. He and his colleagues, including Brij Kishore, Rajendra Prasad, Mahadeo Desai and Narhari Parikh and J.B. Kriplani toured the villages and from the dawn to dusk recorded the statements of the peasants. Meanwhile, the government appointed a commission of enquiry and nominated Gandhiji as one of its members. Soon Gandhiji impressed upon the commission about the peasants plight. As a compromise with the planters, he agreed that they refund only 25% of the amount of the amount they had taken illegally from the peasants. next page >> |
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