IMPACT OF NON -COOPERATION MOVEMENT IN GUNTUR DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PALNAD PEASANT AGITATION

V. Saraswathi

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

IMPACT OF NON -COOPERATION MOVEMENT IN GUNTUR DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PALNAD PEASANT AGITATION

V. Saraswathi

Abstract :

The paper is intended to study the factor leading to the Peasant agitation in Palnad region, and the impact Non- cooperation movement was started by Gandhi. It also explains how the Colonial forces suppressed the agitation.The Peasant agitations during 1920-22 were an integral part of Non-cooperation Movement in Andhra. Despite their initial spontaneous character, they were later integrated into the "logic of Gandhian Nationalism", as in the case of no-tax campaigns in Guntur and Chirala.-Perala during the these period. All forms of peasant protests against forest regulations are confined to illicit grazing of cattle and sheep in the reserves, collection of fuel and manure leaves without authorization, destroying of forest boundaries which led to frequent friction between peasants and the forest subordinates, social boycott of forest and revenue officials and sporadic assaults at subordinate officials of the forest department which resulted in many cane charges, police firing, imposition of punitive forces and Taxes and so on.