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In Awadh the Non-Cooperation Movement by Peasants was led by ________.


A

Mahatma Gandhi

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B

Baba Ramchandra

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C

Rajkumar Shukla

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D

Jayaprakash Narayan

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Solution

The correct option is B

Baba Ramchandra


Answer:

The correct answer is option (b) – Baba Ramchandra

  • Baba Ramchandra was a Sanyasi.
  • He worked as an indentured labourer in Fiji.
  • This was a movement of the Peasants against the injustices of the Landlord in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • The peasants had to pay very high rents and various other cesses.
  • Hence, a non-cooperation movement was launched against the landlords and talukdars.
  • This peasant movement was to socially boycott landlords and abolish the system of begar.

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