Question

write a short note on peasant revolt of lachima.

Answer 1

The Peasants' Revolt, also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London. The final trigger for the revolt was the intervention of a royal official, John Bampton, in Essex on 30 May 1381. His attempts to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood ended in a violent confrontation, which rapidly spread across the south-east of the country. A wide spectrum of rural society, including many local artisans and village officials, rose up in protest, burning court records and opening the local gaols. The rebels sought a reduction in taxation, an end to the system of unfree labour known as serfdom and the removal of the King's senior officials and law courts.

Answer 2

The Lachima revolt took place on 21st January 1894 in Kalpa near Lachima. The main reason for the revolt was a hundred per cent increase in land revenue. The villagers of Lachima took resort to violence. They attacked the revenue collectors who worked as the agent of British authorities. The revenue collectors were beaten by the villagers so severely that one of them died. As a result of this, the British police imprisoned seventy-five villagers. But the agitated rebels promptly freed the detained villagers from the charge of the police. This led to a serious police crackdown on the area. Inadequate to defend the torment the rebels finally had to give in and the uprising came to an end.