Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

In 1943, some of the younger leaders in the Satara district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government which was known as:

Options:

Seba Dals

Prati Sarkar

Praja Mandal

Tufan Dals

Correct Answer:

Prati Sarkar

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Prati Sarkar

In 1943, some of the younger leaders in the Satara district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government ( prati sarkar), with volunteer corps (seba dals) and village units (tufan dals ). They ran people’s courts and organised constructive work. Dominated by kunbi peasants and supported by dalits, the Satara prati sarkar functioned till the elections of 1946, despite government repression and, in the later stages, Congress disapproval.