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{{Short description|Leader of the Bijolia Movement}}
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'''Fateh Karan Charan'''( [[Hindi]] '''फ़तेह करण चारण''') was an early 20th-century Indian [[revolutionary]] and [[poet]] from [[Rajasthan]]. He led the [[Bijolia movement|Bijolia Peasant Movement]] in its early stage in the [[Mewar]] region of [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Hooja|first=Rima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Rajasthan|date=2006|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0890-6|language=en}}</ref>

== Bijolia Movement ==
[[Bijolia]] was a jagir in the [[Udaipur State|Mewar State]], it had a large population of [[peasant]]s who were burdened with multiple taxes (86 kinds in total) and resentment grew among them against the feudal lord of the [[jagir]]. In 1906, Prithvi Singh, upon becoming the Thakur of Bijolia, raised the taxes to fulfill the 'Talvar-Bandhi' tax he owed to the [[Maharana of Mewar]]. Soon a movement began against the increase in taxes and spread to nearby estates.<ref name=":0" />

In 1913, about 15,000 farmers, under the leadership of Fateh Karan Charan, launched a 'No Tax' campaign under which they decided to leave the lands uncultivated and instead farm the rented plots in the neighbouring areas of [[Bundi]], [[Gwalior]] and [[Mewar]] states. This resulted in untilled lands all across [[Bijolia]] and led to a massive decline in the esatate's revenue in addition to food shortage.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=SINGH|first=AMIT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lmxDwAAQBAJ|title=RAJASTHAN POLICE CONSTABLE BHARTI PARIKSHA-2019-Competitive Exam Book 2021|date=2018-08-19|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5322-612-1|language=hi}}</ref>

== As a poet ==
Fateh Karan Charan also composed songs against the authorities including the Munsarim, [[police]], advocates of the State and the Thanedar(inspector) denouncing their deeds and raised questions on their character.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Surana|first=Pushpendra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgE-AAAAYAAJ|title=Social Movements and Social Structure: A Study in the Princely State of Mewar|date=1983|publisher=Manohar|isbn=978-0-8364-1003-7|language=en}}</ref>

== Suppression of the movement ==
Authorities resorted to suppressive measures and the [[Maharana]], upon witnessing the rise of peasantry, sided with the Thakur of Bijolia. Due to his role in the peasant movement, Fateh Karan Charan was stripped of his [[jagir]](feudal-grant) and was exiled from [[Mewar]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pande|first=Ram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnUyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fatehkaran+Charan%22|title=Agrarian Movement in Rajasthan|date=1974|publisher=University Publishers (India)|language=en}}</ref>

== Next phase ==
In 1915, Fateh Karan Charan, along with Braham Deo and [[Sadhu Sitaram Das]], met [[Vijay Singh Pathik]](alias Bhoop Singh) at Chittor and decided to continue their movement and launch agitation against the cruelties of the jagirdars.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ULjkAAAAMAAJ|title=The Journal of Sociological Studies|date=1986|publisher=Department of Sociology, University of Jodhpur|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Charan]]
[[Category:Mewar]]
[[Category:Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian farmers]]
[[Category:People from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rajasthani people]]

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Ajay Kumar at 17:44, 23 July 2023