INDIGO
TEXTBOOK EXCERCISE
Strike out what is not true in the following:
a) Rajkumar shukla was
i) A sharecropper
ii) a politician
ii) Delegate
iv) a landlord
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b) Rajkumar Shukla was
i) Poor
ii) physically strong
iii) Illiterate
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2) Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being “resolute”?
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3) Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?
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4) List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with shukla and his arrival at champaran?
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5) What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? Why would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?
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6) The events in this part of the text illustrate Gandhi’s method of working. Can you identify some instances of this method and link them to his ideas of satyagraha and non-violence?
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7) Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 percent refund to the farmers?
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8) How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?
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UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1. Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?
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How did the Champaran episode prove to be a turning point in Gandhiji’s life? Explain with reference to the text, Indigo.
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2. How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers? Give instances.
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3. What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of “home rule”
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4. How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
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