With reference to the historic Bijolia Peasant Movement in regional state history, consider the following statements:
1. The movement was initially launched in 1897 under the leadership of Sadhu Sitaram Das against arbitrary local cesses (*lag-bag*) and forced labor (*begar*).
2. Vijay Singh Pathik assumed leadership of the movement in its second phase and publicized peasant grievances across India through Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi's Kanpur-based newspaper *Pratap*.
3. The Trench Commission was appointed by the Mewar state administration in 1917 and immediately granted complete exemption from all land revenue taxes to the Bijolia farmers.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2 onlyCevap
- B2 and 3 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Cevap
The statements asserting that the movement started under Sadhu Sitaram Das against arbitrary cesses (Statement 1) and that Vijay Singh Pathik organized it and raised national awareness via the newspaper Pratap (Statement 2) are correct, while the claim regarding the Trench Commission granting immediate total tax relief in 1917 (Statement 3) is incorrect.
The correct response includes only statements 1 and 2. The Bijolia movement stands out as one of the longest non-violent peasant agitations in Indian history (1897–1941). It began in 1897 under Sadhu Sitaram Das due to 84 oppressive feudal levies. In 1916, Vijay Singh Pathik took over leadership, founded the Uparmal Kisan Panchayat, and used Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi's *Pratap* journal to draw national support. Statement 3 is wrong because the Trench Commission was set up during the Begun movement in the 1920s and was rejected by farmers due to its biased and repressive nature.
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Bijolia Peasant Movement (Mewar State History)