Class 12 · English
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Rajkumar Shukla
The resolute sharecropper who brought Gandhi to Champaran.
Champaran
The Bihar district where indigo sharecroppers were exploited.
Indigo sharecropping
The system forcing peasants to grow indigo as rent.
Synthetic indigo
The German invention that made natural indigo unprofitable.
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