CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA EXPRESS

Sept. 11, 2021

Frequency of Champaran Satyagraha Express has been increased to bi-weekly by Ministry of Railways.

About:

  • The Champaran Satyagrah Express is an Express train belonging to Northern Railway zone that runs between Bapudham Motihari and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

  • Bapudham Motihari Railway Station is a major railway station in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar.

  • Anand Vihar Terminal is a railway station in the Anand Vihar locality of Delhi.

  • The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the Satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian freedom struggle. The farmers were protesting against having to grow indigo with barely any payment for it.

Source : PIB

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