Where was a parallel government (prati-sarkar) set up in 1943 during the Quit India Movement? |
Maharashtra Kerala Punjab Jammu and Kashmir |
Maharashtra |
The correct answer is Option (1) → Maharashtra "From the late nineteenth century, a non-Brahman movement, which opposed the caste system and landlordism, had developed in Maharashtra. This movement established links with the national movement by the 1930s. 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". |