Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Motihari, i taua wa ko Champaran noa iho, he tata ki a Mahatma Gandhi. I haere mai ia ki Motihari i te tau 1917 me Raj Kumar Shukla ki te tiimata i te nekehanga Satyagraha i Champaran, e mohiotia ana ko Champaran Satyagraha
, e pā ana ki ngā mahi a ngā kaiahuwhenua. I whakahaerehia e Gandhi me ana kaitautoko he kaupapa nui i Champaran. Ko ana haerenga pinepine ki Champaran me ona rohe o te rohe i whakaatu i te hononga o Gandhi ki te whenua.