39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994

‘Nai-Dhobi Band’ was a form of social boycott in 1919 which–

awas started by the farmers of Pratapgarh district✓ Correct
bwas a movement started by saints for the emancipation of the people lower classes
cwas a step against contractors of lower castes by landlords
dwas a movement against contractors by lower castes

Explanation

In 1919, in a jagir of Pratapgarh district, the “Nai–Dhobi Band” was the first instance of an organised act of social boycott. Jhinguri Singh and Durgapal played an important role in it, but soon a new face emerged in the movement—Baba Ramchandra, who not only took charge of the movement but also made it stronger and more combative. Baba Ramchandra belonged to a Brahmin family in Maharashtra. By the middle of 1920, he emerged as a peasant leader and began organising the peasants in Awadh. He had an extraordinary capacity for organisation.

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