Question

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

• A. Mahatma Gandhi
• B. Baba Ramchandra
• C. Rajkumar Shukla
• D. Jayaprakash Narayan

Answer 1

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.