L to R)Dr Rajendra Prasad and Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha during Mahatama Gandhi ‘s 1917 Champaran Satyagraha Bhumihar Brahmins in Champaran had earlier revolted against indigo cultivation in 1914 (at Pipra ) and 1916 (Turkaulia) and Pandit Raj Kumar Shukla took Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran and the Champaran Satyagraha began. [47]