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Indigo-Summary Of the Lesson

  Summary of the Lesson  The story ' Indigo ' is an excerpt from Louis Fischer's book " The Life of Mahatma Gandhi ' . The story is set in 1916-17 . The place is Champaran in Bihar . The great leadership qualities were shown by      Gandhi to secure justice for oppressed people through argumentation and and bold negotiations . Gandhi gave leadership to poor peasants of that region . There were big estates owned by British people and the workers were Indian tenants . The tenants were compelled to grow indigo . A peasant Rajkumar Shukla met Gandhi and insisted on him visiting the place to help their cause of justice . In Patna Gandhi visited a lawyer named Rajendra Prasad ( he became the first President of India ) . A lot of lawyers and peasants poured in large number to support Gandhi and his cause . Gandhi showed the people how to fight boldly against the discrimination of British Raj . The agitation prolonged for one year and ended in grand success by gaining priv