Question 7 - Past Year Questions - 3 Marks - Chapter 2 Class 10 History - Nationalism in India - History

This question was asked in [Board Term-II, (OD Set-II) 2015]

Describe the spread of Non-Cooperation Movement in the countryside.

Answer:

Points to Remember 

 Non-Cooperation Movement spread in the countryside: 

1. In Awadh , peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra
2. Movement was against the Talukdars and landlords  
3. Peasants had to do begar
4. no right over the leased land.
5. The peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue.
6. Nai - Dhobi bandhs were organised
7. Oudh Kisan Sabha headed by Jawaharlal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra.

We use any 3 points and elaborate on them   

Answer to be written in the exam

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1. In Awadh , peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra - a sanyasi who had earlier been to Fiji as an indentured labourer.
2. The movement was against the Talukdars and landlords who demanded exorbitantly high rents and a variety of other cesses from the peasants .
3. Peasants had to do begar and work at landlord’s farms without any payments. As tenants they had no security of tenure .

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