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(committed, never, foothills, such-a-such, emaciated, tenacity, proceedings, resolute, system, sharecroppers)
During the _______, Gandhi recounted, “a peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and _______, and said, ‘I am Rajkumar Shukia. I am from Champaran, and I want you to come to my district’!” Gandhi had neverheard of the place. It was in the _______ of the towering Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.Under an ancient arrangement, the Champaran peasants were ________. Rajkumar Shukia was one of them. He was illiterate but ________ He had come to the Congress session to complain about the injustice of the landlord ______in Bthar and somebody had probably said, “Speak to Gandhi.” Gandhi told Shukla he had an appointment in Cawnpore and was also _______ to go to other parts of India. Shulda accompanied him everywhere. Then Gandhi returned to his ashram near Ahmedabad. Shukla followed him to the ashram. For weeks he _____left Gandhi’s side. “Fix a date,” he begged. Impressed by the sharecropper’s _____and story Gandhi said, “I have to be in Calcutta on _______ a date. Come and meet me and take me from there.” Months passed.

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