When did the peasant movement started in India?

The Peasant Movement in India arose during the British colonial period – in the late 1800s – when economic policies resulted in the ruin of traditional handicrafts and other small industries leading to change of ownership and overburdening of agrarian land, and massive debt and impoverishment of peasantry.

For further reading check the following articles:

• Peasant Movement and Tribal Uprisings
• Different land revenue systems 
• European Colonialism