# Rajkumar Shukla — The Story of My Experiments with Truth character guide

> Rajkumar Shukla in The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Rajkumar Shukla, The ubiquitous Rajkumar, Poor Rajkumar, Rajkumar

**First appearance:** 0138-part-v-xii-the-stain-of-indigo

## Snapshot

A poor, relentless indigo farmer who simply refuses to leave Gandhi alone until Champaran gets its advocate.

## Who they are

Rajkumar Shukla is the peasant who attaches himself to Gandhi with a persistence that borders on the comic and the heroic, following him from place to place until his cause is heard. His stubbornness embodies the grievances of indigo cultivators, and his refusal to be dismissed forces Gandhi toward the rural India he had largely avoided. Without this farmer's doggedness, the Champaran chapter, and much of Gandhi's later turn to the peasantry, would not begin.

## In the story

### [The Stain of Indigo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xii-the-stain-of-indigo)

Determined agriculturist from Champaran who persistently persuades Gandhi to witness the indigo farmers' suffering.

### [The Gentle Bihari](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xiii-the-gentle-bihari)

Accompanies Gandhi to Patna and Muzaffarpur, facilitating the mission.

### [Face to Face with Ahimsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xiv-face-to-face-with-ahimsa)

Local peasant who brought Gandhi to Champaran; his place is near Bettiah.

### [When a Governor Is Good](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xix-when-a-governor-is-good)

Implied as the persistent ryot who brought Gandhi to Champaran, though not named in this chapter.

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