Question

The Kuka rebellion of Sikhs is led by
a. Guru Ram Singh
b.Guru Gobind Singh
c. Surendra Nath Banerjee
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Kuka rebellion was a religio political movement launched against the British on April 12th, 1857. This rebellion was started by hoisting a white flag which was the flag of freedom.

Complete answer:
The Kuka rebellion was started for the first time in 1849 when the Britishers established a new political order. This rebellion was a part of the Namdhari movement which was aimed at the eradication of British rule. Namdharis are also known as kukas and they are different from mainstream Sikhs because they have different ways of reciting their Gurbani which is in a high-pitched voice called kook that made them name as kukas. Kukas had a feeling to free their nation from the claws of Britishers even at the risk of their life. The leader of this movement was Satguru Ram Singh.
Satguru Ram Singh was born on 3rd February 1816 in a poor family of a carpenter, in Raiyan village near Bhaini Sahib of Ludhiana. He founded the Namdhari Sect on 12th April 1857 at Bhaini Sahib. He always asked his followers to boycott everything that had a stamp of Britishers. The Kuka rebellion had religious and political reasons –
> Religious reasons – Kukas were not mainstream Sikhs and that is why they needed caste abolition, abstinence from desi alcohol, drugs, and meat, permission for inter-caste marriages, and widow remarriage.
> Political reasons – They wanted Sikh rule over Punjab, prohibited the use of British products, and wore hand-woven clothes.

So, the correct option is

Note Namdharis or Kukas was against idol worship and Hinduism as they believed that the Brahmins, Shodis, Mahants are imposters, and Devidwars, Shivdwars, and Mandirs are places of extortion and should not be visited.