Class 12 English — Chapter 5: Indigo

What you'll learn

• ▸Rajkumar Shukla's Persuasion
• ▸The Unjust Indigo Contract
• ▸The Impact of Synthetic Indigo
• ▸Gandhi's Methodical Investigation
• ▸The Confrontation with British Authority
• ▸The First Triumph of Civil Disobedience
• ▸Gandhi's 'Conflict of Duties'
• ▸The Unification of the Lawyers

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 5 Indigo 12074CH05 About the author Louis Fischer (1896-1970) was born in Philadelphia. He served as a volunteer in the British Army between 1918 and 1920. Fischer made a career as a journalist and wrote for _The New York Times_, _The Saturday Review_ and for European and Asian publications. He was also a member of the faculty at Princeton University. The following is an excerpt from his book- _The Life of Mahatma Gandhi_. The book has been reviewed as one of the best books ever written on Gandhi by _Times Educational Supplement_. Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context. * urge the departure * conflict of duties * harbour a man like me * seek a prop When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his ashram in Sevagram, in central India, he said, “I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in 1917.” He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress pa…

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1. Explore indigo dye's history. Get Solution →
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3. Discuss Gandhi's first actions. Get Solution →
4. Who was the peasant from Champaran who persistently sought Gandhi's help for the sharecroppers? Get Solution →
5. In which city was the 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party held where Gandhi met Rajkumar Shukla? Get Solution →
6. What was the chief commercial crop that Champaran tenants were forced to grow? Get Solution →
7. What percentage of their landholdings were the Champaran tenants compelled to plant with indigo? Get Solution →
8. Whose house in Patna did Rajkumar Shukla lead Gandhi to upon their arrival? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Natural indigo dye is extracted from a plant called Indigofera tinctoria.
• 💡 Ancient Egyptians used indigo dye to color the bandages for their mummies.
• 💡 For centuries, indigo was a precious commodity, often referred to as "blue gold."
• 💡 Germany first developed synthetic indigo dye in the late 19th century.
• 💡 Sharecropping systems have existed in various forms for thousands of years worldwide.

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