Which of the following leaders was prominently associated with the Champaran Satyagraha (1917) in Bihar, Mahatma Gandhi's first active involvement in Indian mass movements?
- ARajendra Prasad
- BJayaprakash Narayan
- CShri Krishna Sinha
- DAnugrah Narayan Sinha
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Correct answer: (a) Rajendra Prasad
Explanation
In the Champaran Satyagraha (1917), Gandhi took up the cause of the indigo cultivators of north Bihar, who were forced by European planters to grow indigo on 3/20 of their land (the tinkathia system). Raj Kumar Shukla invited him there.
Rajendra Prasad was the most prominent of the local leaders who worked with him, together with Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Mazharul Haq, J. B. Kripalani and Mahadev Desai. Gandhi was made a member of the inquiry committee, and the Champaran Agrarian Act (1918) abolished the tinkathia system.
Jayaprakash Narayan and Shri Krishna Sinha became prominent later.