Farmer Movements

Meo Farmer Movement (1930-34)

• Area: Alwar and Bharatpur (Mewat).
• The movement of Meo caste started in 1931 itself.

Reasons:-

• Increase in rent by Maharaja Jai Singh.
• Problem of pigs or rodents.
• Communal demands of Meo Muslims.
• This was an anti-tax movement.
• Leaders: Mohammad Ali and Yasin Khan
• This was the only farmer movement in Rajasthan in which communal violence took place.

Neemuchana Kisan Andolan (1923-24 AD)

• In 1876, the first land settlement was done in Alwar on the British system.
• Neemuchana Kisan Andolan took place in Alwar. Presently it is in Bansur tehsil of Alwar district.
• This movement started in 1923 AD due to imposition of tax ....