Match List-I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List – I (Movement) A) Pabna B) Eka C) Santhal D) Tana Bhagat List – II (Year) 1) 1855-56 2) 1873-76 3) 1921 4) 1914 Codes:

Each movement is best learnt as a trio: region, grievance and date. Matching them gives A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4, which is option B.

• Pabna (A) = 2, 1873-76: Peasant agitation in east Bengal's Pabna district against enhanced rents, illegal cesses and zamindari eviction. Peasants formed associations and resisted through legal and collective means. It is not the 1855-56 Santhal Hul.
• Eka (B) = 3, 1921: Awadh peasant movement in Hardoi and neighbouring districts, demanding reduction of rents and an end to begar. It drew strength from the Non-Cooperation movement, which is why 1921 fits.
• Santhal (C) = 1, 1855-56: The Santhal Hul led by Sidhu and Kanhu against zamindars, moneylenders and the colonial state in the Santhal Parganas region. It was crushed, and it led to the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act, 1876.
• Tana Bhagat (D) = 4, 1914: Oraon tribal movement in Chota Nagpur led by Jatra Bhagat against land revenue and forced labour, with a stress on self-purification and non-violence.

Core concept: peasant and tribal movements of colonial India, which were rooted in agrarian grievances. Mains angle: how these agrarian protests fed into later nationalist mobilisation (GS-1 Modern History, peasant and tribal movements).

Trap: Mixing the Santhal Hul with the Munda Ulgulan (1899-1900), or assuming Pabna and Eka are pre-1900 movements because of their regional profile.