The peasants in Champaran were being exploited by the British landlords. Gandhiji stood up as their leader. With his bold efforts and through civil disobedience, he got the poor peasants in Champaran win their battle against injustice and exploitation. Gandhiji worked for their cultural and social upliftment also. He opened primary schools in six villages. His wife Kasturba taught the villagers rules on personal cleanliness as well as community sanitation. Thus Gandhiji helped the peasants in Champaran people politically as well as socially.