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What doyou know about the peasant in awadh |
| Answer» \tIn Awadh, the peasant movement was led by Baba Ramchandra—a sanyasi who had earlier worked in Fiji as an indentured labourer.\tThe movement here was against talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents from the peasants.\tPeasants had to do begar at landlords’ farms.\tThe peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue, abolition of begar and social boycott of oppressive landlords.\tIn many places nai-dhobi bandhs were organised to deprive landlords of the services of even washermen and barbers.\tJawaharlal Nehru began talking to the villagers and formed Oudh Kisan Sabha.\tWithin a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region.\tAs the movement spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted and grain hoards were taken over. | |