Meera is preparing a school project on the years 1919 to 1922. In an old district report from 1921 she reads that students left government colleges, lawyers stayed away from the courts and mill workers went on strike. The report adds that in one hill district peasants refused to carry loads for colonial officials. Her teacher explains that Gandhiji had linked this campaign to a movement of Indian Muslims about the Ottoman Caliph, and that a biographer of Gandhiji later gave the campaign a famous description. The campaign ended suddenly after an incident in a village of the United Provinces in February 1922.
In which region did peasants refuse to carry loads for colonial officials during this campaign?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Kumaun
Option (1) Northern Andhra — Incorrect. In northern Andhra the protest took another form: hill tribes broke the forest laws.
Option (2) Awadh — Incorrect. In Awadh, farmers refused to pay taxes; refusing to carry loads is not linked with Awadh.
Option (3) Kumaun — Correct. Peasants in Kumaun refused to carry loads for colonial officials. Such local protests show how peasants read the call to non-cooperate in ways that suited their own interests.
Option (4) Champaran — Incorrect. Champaran in Bihar is where Gandhiji led a satyagraha for indigo peasants in 1917, before non-cooperation began.
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