Important Revolts and Movements

This rebellion was linked with harsh Company policies and economic distress. Remember it as early resistance in Bengal.

The Chuar Rebellion was linked with local economic and political discontent in Jungle Mahal. Link the region with the movement.

Kittur resistance opposed British interference and attempted annexation. Remember Rani Chennamma as an early resistance leader of South India.

Sangolli Rayanna carried forward the Kittur resistance. Link him with the struggle after Rani Chennamma.

Gomdhar Konwar is regarded as a major leader of the Ahom Revolt. Link it with anti-colonial resistance in Assam.

The Khasi uprising was linked with opposition to British road plans and political interference. Remember Tirot Sing with North-East resistance.

The Singpho rebellion was linked with tribal resistance in North-East India. Regional identification is very important in such questions.

Chakra Bisoi was linked with the leadership of the Khond uprising. Remember him with tribal struggle in the Odisha region.

The Koya rebellion was linked with tribal discontent in the Godavari region. Connect it with forest and local governance issues.

The Tana Bhagat Movement was linked with the Oraon community and Jatra Bhagat. Study it as both reform and resistance.

The Heraka Movement was linked with Naga revival and anti-British resistance. Remember Jadonang and Rani Gaidinliu together.

Nupi Lan was an economic and political resistance led by women of Manipur. Study it as an example of women's mass participation.

Govind Guru was linked with Bhil social awakening and resistance. Remember Mangarh in the tribal history of western India.

Motilal Tejawat was linked with the Eki Movement among Bhil peasants. Connect it with tribal-peasant resistance in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The Bijolia Movement was linked with opposition to heavy rent and forced labour. Remember Vijay Singh Pathik with this movement.

In the Pabna Movement peasants used legal and organized methods. Link it with a peaceful struggle for tenant rights.

In the Deccan Riots peasants were angry against moneylenders and debt bonds. Targeting documents symbolized this anger.

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

Landlord exploitation and vetti were key issues in the Telangana struggle. Link it with both peasant and princely state struggles.

The Moplah Rebellion should be understood through the jenmi and tenancy background of Malabar. Do not study it through only a religious cause.

Direct answer: Option B is correct. The Eka Movement was a peasant movement in parts of the United Provinces, especially during the early 1920s. Its central idea was ekta, or unity, among cultivators who faced high rents, illegal dues, harsh collection, and other pressures. The reasoning is: peasants had common economic problems; organizing together gave them greater strength; meetings and pledges expressed resistance to unfair demands. Madari Pasi is commonly associated with mobilising this movement. Option A is wrong because British officials were generally part of the colonial authority being opposed, not the organised group seeking relief. Option B works because peasants were the participants whose unity formed the movement’s base. Option C is wrong because naval officers and sailors belong to a different military context, not the Eka peasant mobilisation. Option D is wrong because indigo planters are associated with indigo cultivation conflicts, not the defining membership of Eka. Memory cue: Eka means unity—remember united peasants and Madari Pasi.

Baba Ramchandra played a role in organizing peasants of Awadh. Link it with Kisan Sabha movements.

The All India Kisan Sabha organized peasant issues at the national level. Remember Swami Sahajanand Saraswati with it.

Burning foreign cloth symbolized boycott of the colonial economy. Link it with the promotion of indigenous goods.

Rakhi Bandhan became a cultural symbol of unity against Bengal Partition. Link it with the cultural strategy of the Swadeshi Movement.