Question 14 Marks
In June 1920, Jawaharlal Nehru began going around the villages in Awadh, talking to the villagers, and trying to understand their grievances. The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra, and a few others. Within a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region. So when the Non-Cooperation Movement began the following year, the effort of the Congress was to integrate the Awadh peasant struggle into the wider struggle. The peasant movement, however, developed in forms that the Congress leadership was unhappy with. As the movement spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted, and grain hoards were taken over. The name of the Mahatma was being invoked to sanction all action and aspirations.
i. What were the rumours spread by the local leaders among the peasants?
ii. When and why was the Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up?
iii. What made the Congress leadership unhappy with the peasant movement?
i. What were the rumours spread by the local leaders among the peasants?
ii. When and why was the Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up?
iii. What made the Congress leadership unhappy with the peasant movement?
Answer
View full question & answer→i. In many places, the local leaders told peasants that Gandhiji had declared that no taxes were to be paid and the land was to be redistributed among the poor. The name of the Mahatma was being misused.
ii. The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up in October 1920 to address the grievances of the villagers.
iii. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted, and grain hoards were taken over. In many places, local leaders told peasants that Gandhiji had declared that no taxes were to be paid and land was to be redistributed among the poor. The increasing violent activities made Congress leaders unhappy with the peasant movement.
ii. The Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up in October 1920 to address the grievances of the villagers.
iii. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted, and grain hoards were taken over. In many places, local leaders told peasants that Gandhiji had declared that no taxes were to be paid and land was to be redistributed among the poor. The increasing violent activities made Congress leaders unhappy with the peasant movement.