Grandchildren of cook Batak Mian who refused to poison Mahatma Gandhi await entire land promised by then President Rajendra Prasad
The HinduGrandchildren of Batak Mian, a cook who defied the orders of a British officer to poison Mahatma Gandhi during Champaran Satyagraha in 1917, still await the entire land promised later by independent India's first President Rajendra Prasad in 1952. When Prasad was informed of hardships faced by Mian and his family in 1950, he had ordered the then collector of Tirhut division, which comprises six districts including East and West Champaran, to provide 50 acres of land to Mian and his sons Rashid Ansari, Sher Mohammed Ansari and Mohammad Jaan Ansari. West Champaran District Collector Dinesh Kumar Rai said Mian's family has been provided with six acres of land and the district administration will look into issues concerning his family and take appropriate measures. Sikta Assembly constituency's CPI Liberation MLA Birendra Prasad Gupta said, "The government has constructed a Batak Mian memorial museum and library near Moti Jheel in Motihari but it is not fully functional.
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