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Which of the following was/were the reasons for peasant movements of the 19th century in India? 1. To fight for land ownership or against landlordism. 2. To oppose the state’s right to collect a tax on land. 3. To oppose restrictions on peasants' freedom to decide what crop to grow.

Which of the following was/were the reasons for peasant movements of the 19th century in India? 1. To fight for land ownership or against landlordism. 2. To oppose the state’s right to collect a tax on land. 3. To oppose restrictions on peasants' freedom to decide what crop to grow. Correct Answer 3 only

The correct answer is 3 only.

Key Points

  • Peasant Movements are a part of social movements against British atrocities in the 18th and 19th centuries of the British Colonial Period.
  • These movements took place against the British atrocities, increased rents of lands, and greedy ways of moneylenders.
  • Peasants were moved by strong notions of legitimacy, of what was justifiable and what was not.
  • That is why they did not fight for land ownership or against landlordism but against eviction and undue enhancement of rent. Hence, statement 1 is NOT correct.
  • Peasants did not object to paying interest on the sums they had borrowed; they hit back against fraud and chicanery by the moneylender and when the latter went against tradition in depriving him of his land.
  • They did not deny the state‘s right to collect a tax on land but objected when the level of taxation overstepped all traditional bounds. Hence, statement 2 is NOT correct.
  • They did not object to the foreign planter becoming his zamindar but resisted the planter when he took away his freedom to decide what crops to grow and refused to pay him a proper price for his crop. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
  • For example:- In the Indigo Revolt farmers refused to grow indigo and planted paddy instead, the planters resorted to illegal means to get the farmer to grow indigo such as looting and burning crops, kidnapping the farmer's family members, etc.

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