Modern History PYQ 105 of 636 · Other Civil Uprisings

Kuka Movement was organized by –

  1. AGuru Ram Das
  2. BGuru Nanak
  3. CGuru Ram Singh
  4. DGuru Gobind Singh

45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001

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Correct answer: (c) Guru Ram Singh

Explanation

The Kuka Movement was largely similar to the Wahabi Movement. Both began as religious movements, but later turned into political movements, with the common objective of driving the British out of the country. In Western Punjab, the Kuka Movement was started in the 1840s by Bhagat Jawahar Mal, who was mainly known as Sian Sahib. His objective was to remove the evils and superstitions prevalent in Sikhism and purify this religion. However, later it turned into a political movement, led by Ram Singh. In 1872, the leader of this movement, Ram Singh, was exiled to Rangoon (Myanmar), and he died in Magui (Myanmar) in 1885.

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