Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Manoma a Champaran sun yi tawaye da noman indigo a cikin 1914 (a Pipra) da 1916 (Turkaulia). A watan Afrilu 1917, Mahatma Gandhi ya ziyarci Champaran, inda Raj Kumar Shukla ya jawo hankalinsa ga cin zarafin manoma da Turawan Turai ke yi. Satyagraha na Champaran
wanda ya biyo baya ya sami goyon baya daga yawancin 'yan kabilar Bihari, kamar Rajendra Prasad da Anugrah Narayan Sinha.