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City in Bihar, India
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Motihari (मोतीहारी Motīhārī), a commercial centre in northwestern Bihar, is famous for Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha movement, as well as the birthplace of George Orwell, the author of dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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A museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha movement, with wide collection of relics and photographs. The 48 ft tall monumental column nearby was designed by Nandalal Bose, an artist from Santiniketan. The column is at the site where Gandhi was presented in court.
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