Flash Cards: Indigo

Indigo is authored by Louis Fischer, an American journalist and writer.

Rajkumar Shukla is a peasant from Champaran who seeks Gandhi's help against the injustices of the landlord system.

Sharecropping is an agricultural system where tenants work land owned by landlords, paying a portion of the crop as rent.

The main commercial crop in Champaran was indigo, which peasants were forced to grow.

Gandhi faces a conflict of duties between obeying the law and serving humanitarian needs.

Gandhi arrived in Champaran in April 1917.

Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest.

Gandhi's method was to mobilize the peasants through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.

Gandhi believed that courts were ineffective for crushed and fearful peasants.

Champaran was significant as it marked the first successful civil disobedience against British authority in modern India.

An official inquiry commission was set up to investigate the conditions of the indigo farmers.

The landlords agreed to refund a portion of the money extorted from the sharecroppers.

Gandhi's actions were guided by the principles of nonviolence, self-reliance, and social justice.

Gandhi promoted health education, personal cleanliness, and sanitation among the villagers.

Gandhi's disciples and volunteers helped establish primary schools in Champaran.

Gandhi's legacy includes inspiring future movements for Indian independence through nonviolent resistance.

Gandhi taught that true strength lies in self-reliance and the ability to fight for one’s rights without external support.

It solidified Gandhi’s role as a leader in the Indian independence movement.

The indigo sharecropping system was abolished as a result of the movement and the subsequent changes in policy.