Rajkumar Shukla came from Champaran, an indigo district in Bihar, and wanted Gandhi to go there. In his autobiography Gandhi wrote: “This man caught hold of me at Lucknow, where I had gone for the Congress of 1916.”
“From Lucknow I went to Cawnpore. Rajkumar Shukla followed me there.” Gandhi promised to come. “Before I reached Bhupen Babu’s place in Calcutta, Rajkumar Shukla had gone and established himself there.” Gandhi went with him to Champaran.