RAS question
The Nimuchana massacre in Alwar is compared to which other infamous event?
Correct answer: (B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
The Nimuchana massacre in Alwar is compared to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
Explanation
The Nimuchana massacre belongs to the Alwar peasant movement and is remembered as Rajasthan's parallel to Jallianwala Bagh because state forces fired on a peaceful gathering of peasants. The firing is dated to 14 May 1925, while RajRAS places the Nimuchana episode on 13-14 May 1925 at Nimuchana village in Bansur tehsil, Alwar. The comparison is not casual: Riyasat described the incident as even more horrific than Jallianwala Bagh, and Gandhi in Young India called it the Jallianwala Massacre of Rajasthan. For RAS, the key is to link Nimuchana with peasant protest, Alwar state repression, and the Jallianwala Bagh analogy.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Black Hole of Calcutta is not the comparison used for Nimuchana in the RajRAS account.
- (C) The Revolt of 1857 was a broad anti-colonial uprising, whereas Nimuchana is specifically compared with Jallianwala Bagh because of firing on a peaceful gathering.
- (D) The Battle of Plassey was a military and political turning point, not the massacre analogy attached to the Alwar peasant repression at Nimuchana.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan peasant movements under History, Art and Culture, especially how local agrarian protests were suppressed by princely-state forces. It recurs in RAS because exam questions often ask for massacre-place-event associations and their nationalist-era comparisons.