Champaran
Region
Champaran Location in Bihar, India Show map of India Champaran Champaran (Bihar) Show map of Bihar
Coordinates: 26°50′37″N 84°40′57″E / 26.8437°N 84.6826°E / 26.8437; 84.6826
Country	India
State	Bihar
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Champaran is a region of Bihar in India.^[1] It is now divided into an East Champaran district and a West Champaran district.

History

In 1917, Gandhi lead a satyagraha movement in Champaran district against European land owners and government policies. During that time British landowners used to pressure local farmers to grow indigo and buy it for lower prices. In response to Gandhi's movement, British government arrested him and later released, did amendments to improve peasants situation. This was Gandhi's first movement in India and the first victory of Civil Disobedience.^[2]

Notable people

• Manoj Bajpai – Indian film actor
• Dinesh Bhramar – poet and noted figure in Hindi and Bhojpuri literature
• Anuranjan Jha – Indian journalist
• Prakash Jha – Indian filmmaker
• Ramesh Chandra Jha – Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter
• Abdullah Khan – novelist and screenwriter
• Ravish Kumar – Indian journalist
• Gopal Singh Nepali – Indian poet of Hindi literature, Bollywood lyricist
• George Orwell – English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic
• Kedar Pandey – Congress leader and ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
• Afroz Alam Sahil – Indian journalist
• Raj Kumar Shukla – indigo cultivator, activist
• Radha Mohan Singh – Indian politician
• Sanjeev K Jha – Indian script writer, filmmaker