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Which revolt is known as the ‘Bardoli of Kumaon’ ?1. Askot Revolt2. Saklana Revolt3. Tilari Kand4. Salt Revolt

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Salt Revolt

The correct answer is Salt Revolt.

  • Salt revolt is known as the ‘Bardoli of Kumaon’.

  • Salt or Sult is a block in Almora districtUttarakhand, India.
  • It is also known as Kumaun Ki Bardoli, a name given to it by Mahatma Gandhi when he visited Almora in 1929.
  • Khumar is a village located in Salt which has a Martyr Monument.
  • The Saalam Salia Satyagraha is known as the Bardoli of Kumaon.
  • The people of Kumaon revered Gandhiji. On his call, they started the Saalam Salia Satyagraha.
  • This was led by Ram Singh Dhoni.
  • But as a result of this revolt, many people lost it's life as this really shooks the root of the British government.
  • Owing to the struggle of this revolt Gandhiji named it "Bardoli of Kumaon" because this was actually the result of the call of Gandhiji actually.
  • The people lost their lives in this struggle due to the brutality of the police.

Kumaon Division

  • The Kumaon division was established in 1816 when the British reclaimed this region from the Gorkhas, who had annexed the erstwhile Kingdom of Kumaon in 1790.
  • The division initially consisted of three districts, KumaonTerai, and British Garhwal, and formed the northernmost frontier of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces in British India, which later became North-Western Provinces in 1836, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1902, and United Provinces in 1937.
  • Kumaon became an administrative and revenue division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and was then transferred to Uttarakhand when the hill state was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.
  • The ‘Kumaon region’ was known as ‘Kedarkhand’ or Uttarakhand in the ‘ancient literature’.
  • The ‘Kumaon’ word originates from ‘Kurmanchal’ which means it is a land of Kurma – which is the tortoise incarnation of ‘Lord Vishnu’.
  • Kumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the other being Garhwal.
  • The Kumaon region spans over the eastern half of the state and includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar.
  • The Kumaon region has Tibet in the north and on the south there is Uttar Pradesh. On the eastern side there is Nepal and on the west by there is the Garhwal area.
  • In the early Hindu scriptures, Uttarakhand in North India is known as the combined region of Kedarkhand and Manaskhand.

  • Pithoragarh is known as Mini Kashmir of Uttarakhand.
  • Rishikesh is known as the 'Yoga Capital of the World'.
  • Mussoorie is known as the 'Queen of hill stations in India.
  • Nainital is known as the 'Lake District of India'.
  • Dehradun is known as the 'City of Schools' and 'School Capital of India'.


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