RAS question
The Bundi peasant movement was primarily led by:
Correct answer: (B) Nainuram Sharma.
The Bundi peasant movement in Rajasthan was primarily led by Nainuram Sharma against oppressive taxation and forced labour practices.
Explanation
Nainuram Sharma is the right answer because the Bundi movement was a peasant satyagraha against local feudal exploitation, including the bardayat tax system, begar or forced labour, and related levies. The cited RBSE Solutions chapter specifically states that the peasants of Bundi began their movement against feudal exploitation and that Pt. Nainu Ram Sharma led their satyagraha. It also notes that police firing and harsh repression slowed the satyagraha, after which Rajasthan Sewa Sangh took up the Bundi peasant movement and some relief was granted in lag-bag. This places Sharma, not the better-known Bijolia leaders, at the centre of the Bundi case within the wider agrarian unrest of Rajasthan in the 1920s.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Manikyalal Verma belongs to the Bijolia peasant movement context, while the Bundi satyagraha is identified with Nainuram Sharma.
- (C) Vijay Singh Pathik is associated with Bijolia, where his leadership made that movement gather momentum, not with primary leadership of Bundi.
- (D) Arjun Lal Sethi was a revolutionary figure, but the Bundi peasant movement is described as a satyagraha led by Nainuram Sharma.
Concept
This tests the mapping of Rajasthan's peasant movements to their local leaders. RAS repeats this area because Bijolia, Bundi, Alwar and other agrarian struggles are easily confused unless the leader-place link is clear.