Write short note on avadh

In avadh, the peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra. He was a Sanyasi who went to Fiji as an indentured labourer. The movement was against landlords who demanded high rents , force them to do begar etc. The peasants demanded revenue to be lowered, abolition of begar and boycotting of oppressive landlords. In 1920,Jawaharlal Nehru when to award for talking to the peasants and understanding their grievances. By June, Oudh Kisan sabha was set up, headed by Nehru ,Baba Ramchandra and few others.over 300 branches were set up around the region.as the moment spread in 1921, the houses of landlords and merchants were attacked, bazaar were looted. In many places local leaders told peasants that Gandhiji had declared that no taxes where to be paid and land where to be redistributed among the poor.