Bihari, actor, lyricist. Mahatma Gandhi, freedom fighter who started the Champaran Satyagraha movement here. Sanjay Jaiswal, politician Prakash Jha, film director. Manish Jha, film director and theatre actor. Sanjeev K Jha, script writer, filmmaker Sunil Kumar Kushwaha , Member of Parliament Baidyanath Prasad Mahto, politician, Member of Parliament. Krishna Kumar Mishra, politician. Vikas Mishra (economist) Gopal Singh Nepali, Hindi poet. Gauri Shankar Pandey, politician. Kedar Pandey, former Chief Minister of Bihar Raghaw Sharan Pandey, IAS (Retd), former Union Petroleum Secretary, politician Damodar Raao, film music director, actor & singer Valmiki Rishi, an ascetic who wrote Hindu epic Ramayana here. See also East Champaran district References External links West Champaran Official website Tirhut division Districts of Bihar Minority Concentrated Districts in India 1972 establishments in Bihar