The grassroot leadership of the Eka Movement was Madari Pasi and other low-caste leaders and many small Zamindars. Towards the end of 1921, peasant discontent resurfaced in some northern districts of the United Provinces-Hardoi, Bahraich, Sitapur. The issues involved were : (i) High rents-50 per cent higher than the recorded rates; (ii) Oppression of Thikedars in charge of revenue collection; and (iii) The practice of share-rents. The meetings of the Eka or the Unity Movement involved a symbolic religious ritual in which the assembled peasants vowed that they would : ....Read more