Question 6 (iii) - CBSE Sample Paper for English Class 12 - 2022 Boards [Term 2] - Solutions to CBSE Sample Paper - English Class 12

Biographies include features of non-fiction texts – factual information and different text structures such as description, sequence, comparison, cause and effect, or problem and solution. Examine Indigo in the light of this statement, in about 120-150 words.

Answer

• The story ‘Indigo’ revolves around Gandhi’s struggle for poor peasants of Champaran who were forced to grow indigo. They suffered great injustice due to the landlord system of Birar. 
• Raj Kumar Shukla – illiterate but determined followed Gandhiji to Lucknow, Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzzafarpur and then Camparan.
• Servants at Rajendra Prasad’s residence thought Gandhiji to be an untouchable because of simple living style due to his company of Raj Kumar Shukla.
• Once the news of Gandhiji’s arrival spread the sharecroppers gathered in large number to meet him
• He complained to the lawyer for charging a high fee.
• The champaran district was divided and indians were only allowed to be tenants of the land and not owners and surrender their entire harvest of indigo as rent. 
• Gandhiji worked hard towards social economic reforms. He taught the villagers the valuable lesson of self reliance by not asking Mr Andrews for help