Question

Vijay Singh Pathik fought against forced labour of farmers belonging to which region?
A) Bijolia
B) Udaipur
C) Ajmer
D) Jaisalmer

Answer 1

Hint: Any work or service that people are forced to do against their choice and under threat of penalty is considered forced labour. Almost all forms of slavery include some form of forced labour. It has a global impact on millions of men, women, and children.

Complete answer:
Rashtriya Pathik, or Vijay Singh Pathik, was an Indian revolutionary. He was one of the earliest Indian revolutionaries to take up the cause of independence from British domination. His true name was Bhoop Singh Gurjar, but he changed his name to Vijay Singh Pathik after being involved in the Lahore conspiracy case in \[1915\]. His grandfather's sacrifice in the $1857$ Bulandshahr district conflict inspired him to become a liberation warrior.

The movement is known as the Bijolia peasant movement or Bijoliya Kisan satyagraha, and it's an important aspect of Rajasthan's contemporary history. It was led by legendary figures such as Vijay Singh Pathik, Manakya Lal Verma, and Sadhu Sitaram Das. From $1897$ to $1915$, then from $1916$ to \[1923\], and finally from $1923$ to $1941$, the shift took place in three stages. The feudal estate of Bijolia, located in the erstwhile princely state of Mewar, was the epicentre of the revolt, which extended to neighbouring princely states.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: There were 83 settlements on the Bijolia estate. There was no written legislation regulating the justice, police, or revenues in the late $17th$ century, and practically everything was dependent on age-old norms and traditions. The occupants of the estate were at the mercy of the jagirdar, the feudal overlord.