• The Department of Posts
recently released the commemorative Postage Stamp on Rajkumar Shukla, who was
associated with Champaran Satyagraha of 1917.
• Rajkumar Shukla made a
seminal contribution in drawing the attention of Mahatma Gandhi to the plight
of peasants suffering under an oppressive system established by European indigo
planters in Champaran (Bihar).
• This struggle was a turning
point in India's fight for independence.
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