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 was part of the Alwar peasant movement. On May 13–14, 1925, state forces fired on a peaceful gathering of peasants at Nimuchana village in Bansur tehsil, Alwar. The incident is therefore remembered as Rajasthan's parallel to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Riyasat described it as even more horrific than Jallianwala Bagh, while Gandhi called it the Jallianwala Massacre of Rajasthan in Young India. For RAS, connect Nimuchana with peasant protest, repression by the Alwar state, and the Jallianwala Bagh analogy. Option B is correct because the comparison rests on the firing upon a peaceful gathering of peasants, not on a general revolt or a battle.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Black Hole of Calcutta is not the comparison used for the Nimuchana massacre; it is compared specifically with the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
- (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.