CBSE Class 12 · English · Flamingo / Vistas

Indigo

Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 12 English.

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About the author

Louis Fischer (Gandhi biography). Gandhi in Champaran 1917 - peasants forced to grow indigo; his civil disobedience wins rights, first step toward Indian independence.

Summary

Persistent peasant follows Gandhi to Lucknow, Calcutta, ashram.

Planters force 15% indigo; synthetic dye ends market.

Documents atrocities; British summon court.

Pleads guilty proudly; government retreats.

Official inquiry; sharecroppers compensated.

First satyagraha; peasants gain courage.

Hard words & meanings

sharecropper	tenant farmer
summons	court order to appear
arbitration	settlement by committee
reprisal	punishment in return
contravention	breaking of law

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