100 years of Champaran Satyagraha: PM to inaugurate Swachhagraha exhibition

100 years of Champaran Satyagraha: PM to inaugurate Swachhagraha exhibition (प्रदर्शनी) 

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate(उद्घाटन करना) an exhibition titled “Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali – Ek Abhiyan, Ek Pradarshani” in the national capital on 10-04-2017 to mark the 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s first experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran. He will also launch an ‘Online Interactive Quiz’ at the event which is being organized by the National Archives of India.  Speaking about the event in a series of tweets, the PM said that the Champaran Satyagraha was a historic mass movement which had a phenomenal impact and he urged the countrymen to become Swachhagrahis and create a Swachh Bharat.  “Tomorrow I will join a very special program, 'Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali' to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha. There will be an exhibition showcasing Champaran Satyagraha & it will connect essential principles of Satyagraha with Swachhagraha.  The exhibition will also showcase the ground covered (ढका हुआ) by the Swachh Bharat Mission in creating a mass movement towards a clean India.

A century ago, Indians became Satyagrahis and fought colonialism(उपनिवेशवाद) . Today, let us become Swachhagrahis& create a Swachh Bharat.

Champaran Satyagraha was a historic mass movement led by Bapu. Its impact was phenomenal”, the Prime Minister said.

Champaran Satyagraha brief history 

The first Satyagraha movements inspired by Mohandas Gandhi occurred in Champaran district of Bihar and the Kheda district of Gujarat on 1917 to 1918. Champaran Satyagraha was the first to be started, but the word Satyagraha was used for the first time in Anti Rowlatt Act agitation.

 Gandhi arrived in Champaran 10 April 1917 with a team of eminent lawyers: Brajkishore Prasad, Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha  and others including Acharya Kripalani.