Question

Discuss the causes and effects of non cooperation in Awadh.

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Explanation:

Effects:

1. In Awadh, the talukdars and landlords extracted very high rents and a variety of other cesses from the peasants.

2. The peasants also had to do ‘begar’ labour for the landlords and work on their farms without any remuneration.

3. There was no security of tenure and peasants were often evicted, in order to deny any opportunity for them to develop a right over the land they cultivated.

Causes:

(i) In Awadh, the peasant movement was led by Baba Ramchandra-a sanyasi who had earlier worked in Fiji as an indentured labourer.

(ii) The movement here was against talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents from the peasants.

(iii) Peasants had to do begar and work at landlords’ farms without any payment.

(iv) The peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue, abolition of begar and social boycott of oppressive landlords.

(v) In many places Nai-Dhobhi bandhs were organised to deprive landlords of the services of even washermen and barbers.

(vi) Jawaharlal Nehru began talking to the villagers and formed ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’.

(vii) Within a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region.