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Which of the following statements are true about the Birsa movement? A. Birsa movement was aimed at reforming tribal society. B. Birsa later in his life turned against missionaries and Hindu landlords. C. The British were trying to restore the traditional land system of the Mundas. D. The followers of Birsa raised red flag as a symbol of Birsa Raj. Choose the correct option.

Which of the following statements are true about the Birsa movement? A. Birsa movement was aimed at reforming tribal society. B. Birsa later in his life turned against missionaries and Hindu landlords. C. The British were trying to restore the traditional land system of the Mundas. D. The followers of Birsa raised red flag as a symbol of Birsa Raj. Choose the correct option. Correct Answer <span style="">A and B only.</span>

Among the given statements, only A and B are true about the Birsa movement.

Important Points

  • Birsa Munda was born in a family of Mundas – a tribal group that lived in Chottanagpur. 
  • Birsa was deeply influenced by many of the ideas he came in touch with in his growing-up years.
  • He started the Birsa Movement which aimed at reforming tribal society.
  • Birsa also turned against missionaries and Hindu landlords as he saw them as outside forces that were ruining the Munda way of life. 
  • The political aim of the Birsa movement, for it wanted to drive out missionaries, moneylenders, Hindu landlords, and the government and set up a Munda Raj with Birsa at its head.
  • The movement identified all these forces as the cause of the misery the Mundas were suffering.
  • The land policies of the British were destroying their traditional land system, Hindu landlords and moneylenders were taking over their land, and missionaries were criticising their traditional culture. 
  • Under this movement, Birsa’s followers began targeting the symbols of diku and European power.
  • They attacked police stations and churches, and raided the property of moneylenders and zamindars.

  • They raised the white flag as a symbol of Birsa Raj. 

Hence, we can conclude that the following statements are true about the Birsa movement:

A. Birsa movement was aimed at reforming tribal society.

B. Birsa later in his life turned against missionaries and Hindu landlords.

Mistake Points

The following statements are not true about the Birsa movement:

 

C. The British were trying to restore the traditional land system of the Mundas is false because:
  • The land policies of the British were destroying their traditional land system of the Mundas.
D. The followers of Birsa raised red flag as a symbol of Birsa Raj is false because:
  • The followers of Birsa raised white flag as a symbol of Birsa Raj.

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