What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?

Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?

Notice the use or non-use of the comma in the following sentences.

(a) When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, he told me what happened in Champaran.

(b) He had not proceeded far when the police superintendent’s messenger overtook him.

(c) When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgment for several days.

Notice the sentences in the text which are in ‘direct speech’.

Why does the author use quotations in his narration?

(i) Choose an issue that has provoked a controversy like the Bhopal Gas Tragedy or the Narmada Dam Project in which the lives of the poor have been affected.

(ii) Find out the facts of the case.

(iii) Present your arguments.

(iv) Suggest a possible settlement.

List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.

Strike out what is not true in the following.

Rajkumar Shukla was

(i) poor.

(ii) physically strong.

(iii) illiterate.

The qualities of a good leader.

How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?

Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?

Strike out what is not true in the following.

Rajkumar Shukla was

(i) a sharecropper.

(ii) a politician.

(iii) delegate.

(iv) a landlord