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Champaran - July, 1917


Date Place Significant Event(s) Noteworthy Letter(s)/Interview (s) CWMG Details
July, 1917        
1-Jul-17 Motihari     CWMG Vol XIII, p. 454 - 458
2-Jul-17 Motihari     CWMG Vol XIII, p. 459
3-Jul-17 Motihari   In private circular letter, detailed expenses and
activities of Satyagraha Ashram and appealed for help.		 CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 460 - 463
4-Jul-17 Motihari      
5-Jul-17 Motihari Presided over condolence meeting
Dadabhai Naoroji		    
6-Jul-17 On way to Ranchi      
7-Jul-17 Ranchi   Writing to P.S. to Viceroy, MKG called internment
of Mrs Besant "a big blunder."		 CWMG Vol XIII, p. 464 - 465
8-Jul-17 Ranchi     CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 466 - 468
9-Jul-17 Ranchi Raja Kirtyanand Singh appointed member of
Champaran Committee in place of Raja Harihar Prasad Narayan Singh who resigned due to
ill-health		    
10-Jul-17 Ranchi      
11-Jul-17 Ranchi Champaran Committee held preliminary
meeting to decide procedure and extent of enquiry.		   CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 469 - 472
12-Jul-17 On way to Motihari In House of Commons, E.S. Montagu,
ex-Under Secretary of State for India , in speech on Mesopotamian Commission Report, described Government of India as "too wooden, too iron, too inelastic, too anti-diluvian to be of any use for modern purposes……."		    
13-Jul-17 Motihari      
14-Jul-17 Motihari     CWMG Vol XIII, p.  472
15-Jul-17 Bettiah     CWMG Vol XIII, p. 473
16-Jul-17 Bettiah      
17-Jul-17 Bettiah E.S. Montagu appointed Secretary of State for India;
MKG Attended Inquiry Commission		    
18-Jul-17 Bettiah MKG Attended Inquiry Commission    
19-Jul-17 Bettiah MKG Attended Inquiry Commission   CWMG Vol XIII, p. 474
20-Jul-17 Bettiah      
21-Jul-17 Bettiah Attended Inquiry Commission    
22-Jul-17 Bettiah      
23-Jul-17 Bettiah, Motihari Attended Inquiry Commission   CWMG Vol XIII, p. 475
24-Jul-17 Motihari     CWMG Vol XIII, p. 475
25-Jul-17 Motihari Attended Inquiry Commission;

Bihar Planters' Association submitted written statement to Champaran Committee		   CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 476 - 478
26-Jul-17 Motihari MKG Attended Inquiry Commission;
Champaran Committee examined W.S.Irwin, Manager of Motihari Limited.		   CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 479 - 480
27-Jul-17 Bettiah     CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 481 - 482
28-Jul-17 Motihari Attended Inquiry Commission and
accompnied it to neighbouring villages.		   CWMG Vol XIII, p. 482
29-Jul-17 Motihari, Bettiah Attended Inquiry Commission and
accompnied it to neighbouring villages in Bettiah.		 MKG recorded confidential note on Sharahbeshi for circulation among Champaran Committee members. CWMG Vol XIII, pp. 482 - 484
30-Jul-17 Bettiah Attended Inquiry Commission    
31-Jul-17 Bettiah Attended Inquiry Commission and
accompnied it to neighbouring villages.		    

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