RAS question
Govind Guru is associated with which tribal movement in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) Bhil Movement (Mangarh).
Govind Guru is associated with the Bhil Movement at Mangarh in Rajasthan.
Explanation
Govind Guru is linked to the Bhil tribal movement because he stood at the centre of the Mangarh gathering in Banswara on 17 November 1913, where British firing killed hundreds and gave the episode its memory as the "Adivasi Jallianwala". Shri Govind Guru Government College, Banswara, Location & Cultural Heritage of Banswara describes Mangarh Hillock in the southernmost part of the district as the site of a heroic tribal movement led by Shri Govind Guru against British rule. It also frames Mangarh as a memorial landscape of sacrifice, social awakening and the tribal struggle for justice, which is why the correct option is the Bhil Movement (Mangarh).
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Saharia Movement is wrong because Govind Guru is connected with Mangarh and a tribal movement against British rule, not with a Saharia movement.
- (C) Meena Movement is wrong because Govind Guru is identified with the Bhil tribal movement centred on Mangarh, not with a Meena mobilisation.
- (D) Garasia Movement is wrong because the association is specifically Mangarh under Govind Guru's leadership, while the correct option names that movement as the Bhil Movement.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's tribal resistance movements, especially the Mangarh episode in the Vagad region. It recurs in RAS because it links a named leader, a site in Banswara and anti-British tribal mobilisation in one compact fact pattern.