. In Awadh, the peasant movement was led by Baba Ramchandra—a sanyasi who had earlier worked in Fiji as an indentured labourer. . The movement here was against talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents from the peasants. . Peasants had to do begar at landlords’ farms. . The peasant movement demanded reduction of revenue, abolition of begar and social boycott of oppressive landlords. . In many places nai-dhobi bandhs were organised to deprive landlords of the services of even washermen and barbers. . Jawaharlal Nehru began talking to the villagers and formed Oudh Kisan Sabha. . Within a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region. . As the movement spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants were attacked, bazaars were looted and grain hoards were taken over.