!Motihari Motihari is the headquarters town of East Champaran district of Bihar in India. The town in famous as the first laboratory of Gandhian experiment in Satyagraha during freedom struggle of India. Many historians say that Motihari was the spring board for the struggle for India’s independence. Champaran district generated a wave of enthusiasm and inspiration to the people who were thirsting for a selfless and saintly leader. The technique followed by Gandhiji in Champaran was what attained later on the name of Satyagraha. George Orwell, one of the greatest writers of twentieth century and author of famous books like `Animal Farm' and `Nineteen Eighty-Four', was born in Motihari in 1903. His father Richard Walmesley Blair was a deputy posted in the opium department in Bihar. The cottage, where the famous author was born, lies in the midst of the town. A plaque commemorating his birthplace stands outside the house.