Important Revolts and Movements

Sangolli Rayanna was a brave fighter associated with Kittur resistance. Link him with the struggle that continued after Rani Chennamma.

The Ahom Revolt occurred in Assam against British interference. Link it with early resistance in North-East India.

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

In the Khasi uprising, British road construction was seen as a threat to local autonomy. Tirot Sing is a major name linked with it.

The Singpho rebellion was linked with anti-colonial resistance in North-East India. Remember it among regional tribal movements.

Bhuyan and Juang resistance was linked with tribal struggles in Odisha. Connect it with issues of local resources and autonomy.

The Mewar Bhil Corps was formed to pacify and control Bhil areas. This shows the seriousness of Bhil resistance.

The Koli uprisings were linked with anti-colonial resistance of local communities in western India. Region identification is useful in exams.

Vasudev Balwant Phadke organized armed resistance against colonial rule in Maharashtra. Link him with early revolutionary nationalism.

Phadke tried to organize local peasants and common people against colonial rule. Link him with Maharashtra in exams.

The direct answer is A: Rajkumar Shukla was prominently associated with Gandhi’s Champaran work and persuaded him to visit the region. Champaran in Bihar was linked with indigo cultivation and the difficulties faced by indigo peasants under the colonial system. Step by step, Shukla brought the peasants’ problem to Gandhi’s attention, repeatedly requested his visit, and helped connect Gandhi with the local struggle. Gandhi then investigated the complaints and organised satyagraha. Option A is correct. B, Dudu Miyan, is associated with other agrarian resistance traditions, not the key Champaran association asked here. C, Govind Guru, was associated with the Bhagat movement among Bhils in the western Indian region. D, Jatra Bhagat, was connected with the Tana Bhagat movement. Thus the other names belong to different movements. Memory cue: Champaran = indigo peasants = Rajkumar Shukla = Gandhi’s visit.

Vallabhbhai Patel played an important role in the Kheda Satyagraha. Connect it with peasants' demand for revenue relief.

The Ahmedabad Mill Strike was linked with workers' wages and bonus. Remember it as Gandhi's labour satyagraha.

Boycott of government schools and colleges was an important programme of Non-Cooperation. Link it with mass participation for swaraj.

During Non-Cooperation, lawyers were asked to boycott British courts. Understand it as a policy of institutional non-cooperation.

Salt was a necessity for common people so it became an effective symbol of mass movement. Link the salt law with mass appeal in exams.

Frontier Gandhi was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and he was associated with the North-West Frontier Province. Remember him also with the Khudai Khidmatgar movement.

The Khudai Khidmatgars were also called the Red Shirt Movement. Link it with non-violent resistance and Frontier Gandhi.

Praja Mandal movements raised demands for people's rights and responsible government in princely states. Study them as popular struggles in princely states.

The Travancore State Congress demanded responsible government in the princely state. Link it with Praja Mandal type politics in princely states.

In Hyderabad, the Vande Mataram movement was linked with civil rights and student awareness. Remember it under popular movements in princely states.

The Tebhaga Movement was a struggle over how the harvest should be divided between sharecroppers and the jotedars or other landholders. Sharecroppers cultivated land but usually had to give a large part of the crop to the person who controlled the land. They demanded that two-thirds of the produce should remain with them, while only one-third would go to the jotedar. The demand was connected with the cultivators’ labour, insecurity, and opposition to unfair customary shares. It was therefore an agrarian movement about rights over agricultural produce, not a campaign about salt, military recruitment, or temple administration.

To solve the question, identify the issue directly involving both jotedars and sharecroppers. Their relationship was shaped by tenancy, cultivation, and the division of the harvest, so option A is correct. The famous demand for “tebhaga,” meaning two-thirds, makes the produce-sharing dispute especially clear. The other options belong to different historical contexts and do not explain the central demand of this Bengal movement. The supplied answer and supporting explanation are accurate.

The Telangana struggle occurred in the Hyderabad Nizam's territory against landlord exploitation. Link it with both peasant and princely state struggles.

The Warli tribal movement in Maharashtra was linked with opposition to tribal exploitation and forced labour. Study it as a tribal-peasant struggle.

The Mangarh incident is linked with the Bhil community and Govind Guru. Remember it in the history of tribal resistance.