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When the British imposed 143 taxes on the farmers, Baba Ramchandra started the Awadh peasant movement by singing Ramayana
The famous historian Kapil Kumar told that the people were upset due to the haphazard taxes of the British rule. To get rid of them, Gaurishankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi formed 'Kisan Sabha' in February 1918 with the inspiration of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.
Baba Ramchandra Expansion
The history of farmers clashing with the government in this country is very old. Historians claim that the British government had once imposed 143 types of taxes on the farmers. The zamindar-talukdars hired to collect these taxes were collecting more than the declared taxes. The farmers had to offer 'Najrana' to them even when a child was born, married, or died in their house. This broke the back of the poor farmers.
To get the farmers out of this pathetic condition, the leaders of the country started the peasant movement which took the country's independence movement to the villages and eventually led to the departure of the British from the country.
Famous historian Kapil Kumar told Amar Ujala that the people were upset by the haphazard taxes of the British rule. To get rid of them, Gaurishankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi formed the 'Kisan Sabha' in February 1918 with the inspiration of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. By June 1919, it had more than 450 branches in different parts of Awadh province. The peasant movement began to intensify.
Swami Sahajanand Sarasti, while giving a speech in a public meeting of this Kisan Sabha, said that God is worshiped by humans, but humans need bread. If farmers are not there then who will give bread to humans and if humans are not there then who will worship God.
In December 1920, Baba Ramchandra arrived in the Kisan Sabha, who was originally from Maharashtra, but he had made the Awadh region his work land. Baba Ramchandra used to give such eloquent speeches that the farmers were inspired by him and readily agreed to violate the laws of the British.
This was the time when the British government was also facing financial crisis due to the First World War. To meet his expenses, he imposed various taxes on the public. This troubled the public. Some leaders of the Kisan Sabha said that they should silently support the British government and demand independence from the British in return for this.
Whereas people like Baba Ramchandra said that this is the right time when the British are weak. At this time, by attacking with full force, now the British should be driven away from the country. Differences started increasing among the leaders of the Kisan Sabha and eventually Baba Ramchandra formed his own organization under the name of 'Awadh Kisan Andolan'.
Baba Ramchandra Made aware by singing Ramayana
This movement was originally spreading in Bareilly, Faizabad and adjoining areas. Pratapgarh became the pivot of this movement. Baba Ramchandra and his companions used to organize Ramayana lessons during the night and used to organize Satyanarayan Vratkatha from place to place. Farmers used to come here and take an oath that if the talukdar takes back the land from a farmer due to non-payment of tax and gives it to another farmer after taking a new tax, then he will not work in such fields.
This was one way in which the talukdars, zamindars and the British were being opposed. This movement continued to become popular. In these movements, there was a lot of opposition from the talukdars, zamindars, high-priced bania-traders and the British.
Violence discredited movement
The British government was also getting upset due to the continuous joining of farmers in the Awadh Kisan Sabha. She started arresting the farmers of this movement. Their leaders started putting them in jails on the pretext of other matters. But even after this the movement was not weakening. But here some farmers were becoming unruly. Farmers troubled by the talukdars, zamindars and banias also started looting their godowns. But this was a big mistake because due to this violence the British government started getting an opportunity to take violent action against them.
One such movement was going on in Fursat Ganj market on 6 January 1921. Some farmers were trying to loot. On the pretext of stopping this, the British government ordered firing, which killed many farmers and injured hundreds. In the meantime, the British government also introduced a big program of tax reform, which reduced the resistance of the farmers. The movement ended with the arrest of some prominent leaders and the retreat of other farmers.
Nehru praised Baba Ramchandra
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister, has written two pages on Baba Ramchandra in his autobiography book. He praised her a lot. When the British campaigned for his arrest, he was hidden and taken from place to place. They were also hiding for some days in Anand Bhawan, the house of Pandit Nehru in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad). However, later Pandit Nehru also accused Baba Ramchandra of being selfish. In response to this, Baba Ramchandra wrote to Pandit Nehru that he does not ask for anything from him. They live for the farmers and do everything for them.
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