Q. Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct?

[A] The Eka Movement was throughout supported and organized by the Congress while Bardoli Satyagraha was initially independent of Congress influence and was only in the last stages supported by the Congress.

[B] The Eka Movement was provided leadership by the taluqdars of Awadh, whereas the Bardoli Satyagraha was a movement of the landless labourers.

[C] The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement protest against excessive was a extraction of rents.

[D] The Eka Movement was located in the Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of the present-day U.P., while the Bardoli Satyagraha took place in Saurashtra.

Answer: A
Notes:

Exp) Option c is the correct answer.

The Bardoli Satyagraha was launched in Bardoli Taluqa of Surat district after the British government increased land revenue by 30 per cent. Under the leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel, peasants refused to pay the revised assessment and demanded an independent inquiry. Whereas the Eka Movement emerged in the districts of Hardoi, Bahraich, and Sitapur in Awadh. The main grievances of peasants were the extraction of rents much higher than the recorded rates, oppression by thekedars, and the practice of share-rents. Peasants united under the Eka or “Unity” Movement and pledged to pay only the recorded rent.

Source:) Spectrum-chapter-Peasant Movements 1857-1947 page- 579, 580

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