[1] Shukla at the time paid well to work under Hafiz Din Mohammad and was sent to meet Gandhi.

Raj Kumar Shukla was born in 1875 in a Brahmin family in Satwaria village near Narkatiaganj in West Champaran.

He was a known Indigo cultivator of the area as he was a money lender from village Murli Bharahwa near Narkatiyaganj in West Champaran, earning, according to his own statement before the enquiry committee set up by the provincial government, a sum of two thousand rupees a month from interest.

[citation needed] The Gandhi Peace Foundation in Delhi has showcased a photograph of Raj Kumar Shukla.

[citation needed] The book was released by Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar on 10 April 2017.