RAS question
Vijay Singh Pathik is primarily associated with which peasant movement in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) Bijolia Peasant Movement.
Vijay Singh Pathik is primarily associated with the Bijolia Peasant Movement in Rajasthan.
Explanation
The association is with Bijolia because Vijay Singh Pathik is identified with that movement. Pathik, born Bhup Singh, was a key leader of the Bijolia Peasant Movement, which ran from 1897 to 1941, and he gave it a national dimension through organisational and public work such as the Vidya Pracharini Sabha and Rajasthan Kesari. The Press Information Bureau, Prime Minister's Office refers to the peasant movement of Bijolia as led by Krantiveer Bhoop Singh Gurjar, better known as Vijay Singh Pathik, and describes it as a major inspiration in the freedom struggle. That is why, among the listed Rajasthan peasant movements, Bijolia is the primary association.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Shekhawati is a different listed peasant movement; Pathik's leadership and primary association are at Bijolia.
- (C) Bundi is not the movement linked to Pathik; Bijolia is identified as that movement.
- (D) Begun is another Rajasthan peasant movement in the options, but the evidence given here ties Pathik to Bijolia, not Begun.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan history theme of peasant movements and their leaders. It recurs in RAS because movements such as Bijolia link regional agrarian protest with the wider freedom struggle.