Champaran

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historical region

Champaran is a district in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as the site of Mahatma Gandhi’s first major civil disobedience movement against British colonial rule.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Champaran canonical 7
Champaran region 1
Purbi Champaran 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
administrativeDivision Tirhut division ⓘ
agriculturalProduct indigo (historically) ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
associatedWith Satyagraha ⓘ
surface form: Satyagraha philosophy

peasant movements in colonial India ⓘ
borderedBy Gopalganj ⓘ
surface form: Gopalganj district

Muzaffarpur district ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
West Champaran district ⓘ
surface form: Paschim Champaran district

East Champaran district ⓘ
surface form: Purba Champaran district

Sitamarhi district ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
country India ⓘ
dividedInto East Champaran district ⓘ
surface form: East Champaran

West Champaran district ⓘ
surface form: West Champaran
formerDistrictOf Bihar ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasSubregion East Champaran district ⓘ
West Champaran district ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Bengal Presidency ⓘ
historicalSignificance early center of Indian independence movement ⓘ
issueOfMovement exploitation of indigo cultivators ⓘ
tinkathia system ⓘ
knownFor Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi’s first major civil disobedience movement in India ⓘ
indigo farmers’ struggle against British planters ⓘ
languageSpoken Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
majorTown Bettiah ⓘ
Motihari ⓘ
movementLeader Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
movementOccurred Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ
movementYear 1917 ⓘ
partOf Bihar ⓘ
politicalConstituency Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
surface form: Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency
railwayJunction Bettiah ⓘ
Motihari ⓘ
regionType district (historical) ⓘ
rural region ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionSignificant Islam ⓘ
river Burhi Gandak River ⓘ
Gandak River ⓘ
stateCapitalDistanceApprox about 150–200 km from Patna ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Champaran Satyagraha → location → Champaran ⓘ
Vallabhacharya → birthPlace → Champaran ⓘ
East Champaran district → alternativeName → Champaran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purbi Champaran
East Champaran district → namedAfter → Champaran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Champaran region
Bettiah → locatedInSubregion → Champaran ⓘ
Motihari → hasAgriculturalRegion → Champaran ⓘ
Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency → region → Champaran ⓘ
West Champaran district → namedAfter → Champaran ⓘ
West Champaran district → hasHistoricalRegion → Champaran ⓘ