Question

Why did the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of UP participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

• A. They wanted to own the land holdings they were cultivating.
• B. They wanted to cultivate food crops instead of cash crops.
• C. They wanted reduction in the taxes on agricultural income.
• D. They wanted remission of rents on their land holdings.

Answer 1

The correct option is D They wanted remission of rents on their land holdings.

Being producers of commercial crops, they were hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices. As their cash income disappeared, they found it impossible to pay the government's revenue demand. And the refusal of the government to reduce the revenue demand led to widespread resentment.