Who is Panchu from The Home and the World and what is their importance?

Panchu is a poor man who has a holding in Harish Kundu's estate. He is submerged in debt when his wife dies, but Chadranath Babu loans him money to buy cloth with which to support himself and his children. Unfortunately, the cloth is burned by followers of Swadeshi who disapprove of buying foreign articles. Harish Kundu fines Panchu, so Nikhil buys Panchu's holding, keeping the poor man as a tenant; however, Harish Kundu produces a false aunt with a life interest in the holding which is obviously an attempt to evict Panchu. Chadranath Babu comes to the rescue, bribing the woman to leave Bengal.