Important Revolts and Movements

Under the Tinkathia system peasants were forced to grow indigo on part of their land. Link Champaran with indigo peasants.

The Ahmedabad Mill Strike was linked with a wage dispute between mill owners and workers. Link it with Gandhi's labour satyagraha.

Patel effectively led peasants in the Bardoli Satyagraha. Link it with opposition to increased land revenue.

In the Pabna Movement peasants used organized and legal resistance for tenant rights. Place it among Bengal's peasant movements.

The Deccan Riots were linked with rural debt and moneylender exploitation. Targeting documents showed opposition to debt bondage.

In the Tebhaga Movement Bengal sharecroppers demanded two-thirds of the produce. Link it with agrarian class struggle.

Vetti meant forced unpaid labour. Study the Telangana struggle with peasant exploitation in the Nizam's territory.

Boycott created economic pressure against foreign goods. Link it with support for indigenous industries.

Rakhi Bandhan gave a symbolic message of unity against Bengal Partition. Link it with the cultural politics of the Swadeshi Movement.

The Non-Cooperation Movement was based on withdrawing cooperation from British rule. Study it as moral and political non-cooperation.

After violence at Chauri Chaura Gandhi stopped the movement. This shows the strictness of his principle of non-violence.

Opposition to the Rowlatt Act spread discontent nationally. Link it with the background of Jallianwala Bagh.

The Hunter Commission was appointed to inquire into the Jallianwala Bagh incident. Remember commissions with related events.

Salt was needed by every class so it became a symbol of mass mobilization. Link it with the strategy of Civil Disobedience.

The Dharasana Satyagraha was an important non-violent extension of the Salt Satyagraha. Remember Sarojini Naidu's role.

The Khudai Khidmatgar movement was linked with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Remember it with Frontier Gandhi and non-violent Pashtun resistance.

Parallel governments such as Ballia Satara and Tamluk indicated local resistance. Link them with 1942.

The Tamluk National Government arose in the background of the Quit India Movement. Remember it as an example of parallel government.

Nana Patil was associated with the Satara Prati Sarkar. Link it with the impact of the Quit India Movement in Maharashtra.

The Ghadar Movement was active among overseas Indians. Remember it with expatriate revolutionary nationalism.