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.
The campaign shook the British Raj to its foundations for the first time since which earlier event?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The Revolt of 1857
Option (1) The Revolt of 1857 — Correct. The Non-Cooperation Movement shook the British Raj to its foundations for the first time since the Revolt of 1857, the last time colonial rule had faced so wide a challenge.
Option (2) The Santhal rebellion of 1855 — Incorrect. The Santhal rebellion of 1855 was a revolt of the Santhals in the Rajmahal hills; it was regional and did not shake the whole Raj.
Option (3) The Indigo revolt of 1859 — Incorrect. The Indigo revolt of 1859 was a protest of indigo cultivators in Bengal against planters, a regional struggle.
Option (4) The Deccan riots of 1875 — Incorrect. The Deccan riots of 1875 were attacks by ryots on moneylenders in the Bombay Deccan, a local rising against debt.
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