Correct Answer - Option 1 : Kuka movement – Assam
The correct answer is Option 1.
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Kuka movement – Assam is the incorrect pair of the following.
Kuka movement – Punjab
- Kuka movement is an anti-British reaction.
- It was initiated in 1849 among the people in Punjab 1857.
- The Kukas is also known as Namdharis.
- They started as a group for religious purification in Sikhism under Sant Guru Ram Singh.
- The Namdhari movement was the most important phase.
- It aimed at overthrowing British rule and played important role in the freedom struggle.
- This movement actively propagated the principles of boycott and non-co-operation given by Sant Guru Ram Singh who founded the Namdhari sect for the Namdharis.
Moplah rebellions – Malabar
- The Moplah Rebellion was a series of riots by Mappila Muslims of Kerala.
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It was started in the 19th and early 20th centuries against the British and the Hindu landlords in Malabar (Northern Kerala).
- It is also known as the Moplah Riots of 1921 which was an armed revolt.
- Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji and Ali Musliyar was the main leader of this movement.
- The trigger of the uprising came from the Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Congress in 1920 along with the Khilafat agitation.
- The anti-British sentiment fuelled by these agitations affected the Muslim Mapillahs of the South Malabar region of Kerala.
- After the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799 in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Malabar had come under British authority as part of the Madras Presidency.
Faraizi movement – Bengal
- Farazi movement was a religious movement.
- It started by Hazi Shariatullah in 1818 AD for Bengali Muslims to give up un-Islamic practices and follow their religious duties.
- The objective was to revive Islam and to improve the condition of Muslim peasants who were opposed by Hindu and British landlords.
