A 100 years after Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to Motihari to meet indigo farmers, the house where he stayed there would now be turned into a museum. The erstwhile house of advocate Gorakh Prasad at Mathiazirat locality, where Gandhi had spent a few days during his Motihari visit, has since been sold thrice. The announcements came as a befitting tribute to the father of the nation from the Bihar government, which is celebrating 100 years of the Champaran satyagraha. READ: Remembering the first Satyagraha: 100 years of Champaran“I have come to know the house has been sold several times. Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi,Tara Gandhi, along with 100 other Gandhian followers, received him amidst slogans like ‘Mahatma Gandhi amar rahe’ (Mahatma Gandhi is immortal).

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2017 07:07 UTC