Raj Kumar Shukla, a local farmer from Champaran, was instrumental in persuading Mahatma Gandhi to visit the district to investigate the plight of indigo farmers oppressed under the 'tinakathia' system imposed by British planters. He met Gandhi at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in 1916 and persistently requested him to come to Champaran.
Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran?
Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 64th · Topic: Gandhi and His Early Movement (Champaran Satyagraha (1917))
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