Madari Pasi

Madari Pasi (born 1860) was a leader of the Indian militant peasant movement Eka Movement.[1][2][3]

Madari Pasi
Born1860 (1860)
Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India

He was born in 1860 in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

History

Eka Movement had been an offshoot of Indian National Congress, associated with Non-Cooperation Movement(NCM). But when the Congress was busy in the nationwide Non Cooperation Movement, it somewhat neglected the ongoing Eka Movement. It was this time when Madari Pasi established himself as a charismatic grassroot leader among the kisans involved in the Eka Movement. He united the kisans and petty zamindars from all religions and castes. He pushed the movement in to a violent route. He violently assaulted zamindars, karindas, taluqdars and thikadars and even imprisoned them in their own homes. He began to distribute landowning rights to tenants and petty landholders. His name was associated with dread.[4]

Gandhi with his NCM-Khilafat Movement, after hearing about the violent activities of the Eka Movement members, disassociated himself from the Eka Movement. After losing the support of Congress it was much easier for the British authorities to ruthlessly suppress it. By 1922 the movement was completely suppressed. After the crackdown Madari Pasi went underground. He tried to associate the peasants with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Even though there is a confusion, it is generally believed that Madari Pasi died on March 27 or 28 in 1931 while underground.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sumit Sarkar (24 January 1989). Modern India 1885–1947. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-1-349-19712-5.
  2. A Comprehensive History of India. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1 December 2003. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-81-207-2506-5.
  3. "मदारी पासी उर्फ एक सदी पूर्व की किसान-गाथा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. "Eka Movement, Bookstawa YouTube Channel". YouTube.
  5. "Remembering Madari Pasi: The Uncelebrated Peasant Leader of the Eka Movement". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-09-26.


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