Question

Describe any three major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh in the days of NonCooperation Movement.

Answer 1

Major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh were: 

• The landlords and talukdars of Awadh demanded exorbitantly high land rent and a number of other cesses from the peasants. 
• The peasants were compelled to do beggar, that is, they had to work at landlord’s farm without payment. 
• As tenants, the peasants had no security of tenure and were often evicted from their land, they could not acquire any right over the leased land.