Why did the rich peasant communities take part in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

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They were very hard hit by the trade depression.

Their cash income disappeared.

They found it impossible to pay the government’s revenue demand.

All of the above

answer is D.

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Rich peasant communities participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement because the trade depression hit them hard, and their cash income disappeared. They found it impossible to pay the government's revenue demand.
Affluent peasant communities from the countryside, such as the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of Uttar Pradesh, actively participated in the movement. They were particularly heavily hit by the trade crisis and falling prices because they were growers of commercial crops. They could not satisfy the government's demand for revenue as their cash income started to disappear. Additionally, there was much resentment due to the government's refusal to lower the revenue demand. These rich peasants enthusiastically joined the Civil Disobedience Movement, organising their villages and occasionally pressuring resistance among members to take part in boycott campaigns. For them, the quest for swaraj was a fight against high incomes.

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