Question

Describe the risk of peasant agitation under the leadership of Baba Ramchandra and Nehru in Awadh ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Baba Ramachandra was a sanyasi who had earlier worked in Fiji as a indentured labourer.

- Jawaharlal Nehru & Baba Ramachandra led the peasant movement in awadh during the non coooeration movement.

- In 1921 Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up. Within a month 300 branches had been set up in the villages in the region.

- Congress tried to make Oudh peasant struggle into a wider struggle.

- As the movement spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, baazars were looted, and grain hoards were taken