Tufan dal
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 3 "Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement"
Meaning
Tufan dals were village-level units of the Satara prati sarkar. This "parallel government" was set up in 1943 in Satara, Maharashtra, during the Quit India movement. Tufan means "storm". These units put the parallel government's programmes into action in the villages. They also stood up to officials and helped carry out the decisions of its people's courts. The prati sarkar lasted until the 1946 elections.
Example
In Satara district, tufan dals worked alongside seba dals and people's courts. Together they made the parallel government a working power in the villages at a time when Congress leaders were in jail.
Don't confuse with
- Seba dal: these were the volunteer corps of the same parallel government. Tufan dals were its village units.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Wardha scheme of basic education
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries