Modern History PYQ 321 of 636 · Gandhi and His Early Movements

Champaran Agrarian Committee was appointed in agreement between:

  1. AIndian Government and Raj Kumar Shukla
  2. BIndian Government and Gandhiji
  3. CIndian Government and Rajendra Prasad
  4. DIndian Government and Anugraha Narayan Singh

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Correct answer: (b) Indian Government and Gandhiji

Explanation

During the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917, to inquire into the complaints of farmers suffering under the Tinkathia system of indigo cultivation, the colonial provincial government of Bihar and Orissa constituted a formal inquiry committee, commonly known as the Champaran Agrarian Committee or the Champaran Agrarian Inquiry Committee. The formation of this committee was the outcome of an agreement reached between Gandhiji and the then government.

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