Important Revolts and Movements

Gaura Devi is famous for women's leadership in the Chipko Movement. Exam tip: remember Chipko with women's participation.

Narmada Bachao Andolan was linked with dams, displacement and rehabilitation. Exam tip: remember social issues of modern people's movements.

Umaji Naik was a major leader linked with the Ramosi uprising. Exam tip: remember the match of regional revolt and leader.

Velu Thampi was linked with resistance to British influence in Travancore. Exam tip: remember revolts of Kerala region.

Pazhassi Raja was linked with anti-British resistance in Malabar. Exam tip: remember Malabar and Kerala resistance.

Rani Chennamma opposed British interference in Kittur. Exam tip: connect women leaders with movements.

The Poligar Rebellion was linked with South India especially the Tamil region. Exam tip: remember Veerapandiya Kattabomman.

Kattabomman resisted the British East India Company. Exam tip: remember local revolts of South India.

The Kurichiya uprising was linked with Wayanad and Kerala region. Exam tip: remember regional tribal resistance.

The Koya uprising was linked with tribal resistance in the Andhra region. Exam tip: remember Koya with Rampa region.

Alluri Sitarama Raju was linked with opposition to British policies in tribal areas. Exam tip: remember Rampa and the 1920s.

The Tana Bhagat Movement is generally considered to have started around 1914. Exam tip: remember Jatra Bhagat and Oraon community.

Bhil uprisings were linked with regions of western and central India. Exam tip: remember regions of tribal uprisings.

The Khasi uprising was linked with the Khasi Hills and Northeast region. Exam tip: remember U Tirot Singh.

The direct answer is A: the Ahom revolt was against British power. The Ahom kingdom was in Assam. After British expansion and administrative changes in the region, resistance arose against British control; the revolt is associated with leaders such as Gomdhar Konwar. Option A is correct because the colonial authority involved was the British. Option B, the French, is wrong because French colonial power did not control Assam in this episode. Option C, the Portuguese, is wrong because their main colonial presence was elsewhere and they were not the power challenged in the Ahom revolt. Option D, the Dutch, is also wrong because they were not the ruling colonial authority in Assam. The reasoning is to identify both the region and the ruling power: Ahom revolt in Assam, Assam under expanding British authority, therefore British. Memory cue: Ahom revolt—Assam—British—Gomdhar Konwar.

The Pagal Panthi movement was linked with peasants and local communities of Bengal. Exam tip: remember smaller regional movements too.

Patna is considered one major centre of the Wahabi Movement. Exam tip: remember Syed Ahmed Barelvi and Patna.

The Faraizi Movement was influential in Eastern Bengal. Exam tip: remember Haji Shariatullah and Dudu Miyan.

Titu Mir's bamboo fort was linked with resistance in Bengal. Exam tip: remember Titu Mir with the bamboo fort.

In the Pabna Movement peasants organised to oppose pressure by zamindars. Exam tip: remember peaceful peasant organisation.

Deccan Riots were linked with peasant debt and moneylenders. Exam tip: remember the problem of peasant debt.

The direct answer is C: 1921. The Moplah, or Mappila, Rebellion took place in 1921 in the Malabar region of present-day Kerala. It occurred in the wider period of anti-colonial and peasant unrest, although its causes and course were complex. The step-by-step identification is simple: the event named is the Moplah Rebellion; its standard school-history year is 1921; therefore option C matches. Option A, 1806, is wrong because it is much earlier and is not the standard year of the Moplah Rebellion. Option B, 1855, is wrong because it is associated with the Santhal rebellion period, not this event. Option D, 1946, is wrong because it is later and does not identify the Moplah Rebellion. The region helps confirmation: remember Malabar along with 1921. Exam cue: do not confuse this event with other peasant or tribal uprisings that have different years.

Champaran Satyagraha (1917) is regarded as Gandhi's first major Satyagraha movement in India. It addressed the grievances of indigo cultivators in Champaran, Bihar. The Non-Cooperation Movement began later, in 1920, so it cannot be the answer. Exam tip: remember Gandhi's early Indian movements as Champaran—1917, Kheda—1918, and Ahmedabad mill strike—1918.

In Kheda peasants were unable to pay revenue due to crop failure. Exam tip: remember the reason for tax relief.

Ahmedabad Satyagraha was linked with wages of mill workers. Exam tip: remember Gandhi's three early movements separately.