Question

The Waghera Uprising happened in
1. Surat
2. Poona
3. Calicut
4. Baroda

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Baroda

The correct answer is Baroda.

• The Waghera Uprising happened in Baroda. 
• Besides the resentment against the foreign rule, the exactions of Gaekwad of Baroda supported by the British Government compelled the Waghera chief to take up arms.
• The Wagheras carried on inroads into British territory during 1818-1819.
• The uprising ended with a peace treaty that was concluded in November 1820.

• In 1875, Deccan Riots began at Supa village in the district of Poona. Farmers attacked a marketplace where many moneylenders lived.
• The farmers’ main motive was to destroy the account books of the moneylenders and they resorted to violence only when these books were not handed over to them.
• The movement continued for 2 months and spread to over 30 villages.
• The movement also got support from the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha co-founded by M G Ranade.
• In 1878, the Deccan Riots Commission was set up which presented a report to the British Parliament.
• In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.
• Surat is one of the important cities under British rule in the Bombay Presidency.
• In Surat, the revolt against the salt tax in 1844 takes place.
• It was one of the first resistances that the British faced in the state.
• In August 1844, the British government raised excise and import duties on salt from 50 paise to 1 rupee within territories of Bombay state.
• The sudden and bizarre increase revolted against the British from August 21 to 31 before the British administration was forced to revoke it.