Q. Titu Mir’s Movement (Mir Nisar Ali) is best characterized by which of the following?

[A] A purely theological debate between the Shia and Sunni sects in rural Bengal.

[B] An armed uprising of Muslim peasants against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters, marked by the construction of a famous 'Bamboo Stockade' (Bansher Kella).

[C] A collaboration between the Maratha Confederacy and the Muslims of Bengal to drive out the East India Company.

[D] A literacy campaign launched in the urban centers of Dhaka and Calcutta.

Answer: B
Notes:

Explanation:

  • Titu Mir was a follower of Syed Ahmad Barelvi. His movement in Narkelberia (1831) was a defiant peasant rebellion against the ‘Beard Tax’ and other oppressive levies imposed by zamindars.
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