Gandhiji took his first step of the freedom struggle of India in April 1917, in Champaran tract in North Bihar through his norms of non-violent adherence to the path of truth, fairness and justice in the face of the most hideous odds. He visited Champaran to have first-hand knowledge about the sufferings of the tenant peasants. Statements of about 13,000 tenant peasants were recorded by the followers of Gandhiji in this connection. On the basis of these ...
