{"id":1097,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/explain-briefly-the-role-of-peasant-movements-after-1857-and-upsc-psir-2025-1506\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:50","slug":"explain-briefly-the-role-of-peasant-movements-after-1857-and-upsc-psir-2025-1506","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-briefly-the-role-of-peasant-movements-after-1857-and-upsc-psir-2025-1506\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain briefly the role of Peasant Movements after 1857 and before independence."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> role steadily expands across the period <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> local economic protest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hardens into organised political action<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> colonial agrarian exploitation breeds recurring unrest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> freedom struggle absorbs the peasantry in stages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>early revolts (Indigo \/ Pabna \/ Deccan) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> aimed at planters, zamindars, moneylenders, not yet colonial rule <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distress enters public debate + forces colonial legislation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Gandhian phase (Champaran \/ Kheda \/ Bardoli) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peasant grievances tied to the national movement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">A.R. Desai<\/b>: mass basis for the first time <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1930s\u201340s (Kisan Sabhas \/ AIKS 1936 \/ Tebhaga \/ Telangana) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> class consciousness + zamindari abolition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>broadened the movement, yet Congress hesitant on landlordism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> poorer cultivators left at the margins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> mutually useful but uneven partnership <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peasants gave nationalism mass depth<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> economic protest matured into political force <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> agrarian question pushed onto the nationalist agenda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[57],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1097","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-indian-nationalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4691,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1097\/revisions\/4691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}