Very Short Question and Answers - Participation of Different Social Groups

Peasants participated because they faced high land revenue, excessive rent, and unfair practices by landlords.

Tribals were dissatisfied with forest laws that restricted their access to forest produce, grazing land, and hunting.

Peasants refused to pay taxes and rents, and also boycotted foreign goods.

Tribals gathered wood, grazed cattle in restricted areas, and organized local rebellions against enforcing officials.

The business class wanted protection for Indian industries and markets from unfair British trade policies.

The Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress in 1920 and the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927.

They supported the Swadeshi movement by promoting Indian goods, funding the movement, and organizing industrial and commercial groups.

Women participated by picketing liquor shops, boycotting foreign cloth, joining processions, making salt, and courting arrest.

It marked one of the earliest large-scale political mobilisations of Indian women, from both rural and urban backgrounds.

They hoped Swaraj would end exploitation by landlords and officials.

They grew economically during the war due to increased demand for Indian products but later suffered under British policies.

It was a movement to use Indian-made goods and boycott British imports as a protest against British rule.

British policies favored imports and imposed high tariffs on Indian goods, harming Indian industry.

No, women from both rural and urban backgrounds participated in the national movement.

In some areas, protests became violent when demands were not met.

For the business class, Swaraj meant protection for industries and markets; for peasants, it meant an end to exploitation.

High land revenue and unfair practices by landlords.

To protest against the enforcement of oppressive forest laws.

The diverse aspirations and active involvement of various groups made the movement more widespread and powerful.

Their different interpretations and aspirations sometimes caused differences and conflicts within the movement.