Q126
Indian National MovementPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movements
The leader of the Eka movement was
- a.Birsa Munda
- b.Annie Besant
- c.Madari Pasi
- d.A. N. Sinha
Answer: (C) Madari Pasi
The Eka (Unity) movement of 1921-22 spread through Hardoi, Bahraich, Sitapur and Barabanki in Awadh. Peasants took a religious vow to pay only the recorded rent and no more, to refuse forced labour (begar) and to stay united against extra levies by landlords and their agents (thekedars). It began with Congress and Khilafat support, but leadership passed to Madari Pasi and other low-caste leaders, and it was suppressed by March 1922. Linked UP movements: the UP Kisan Sabha (1918) and the Awadh Kisan Sabha (1920) of Baba Ramchandra. The distractors: Birsa Munda (Munda Ulgulan), Annie Besant (Home Rule League) and Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Bihar leader associated with the Champaran Satyagraha).