In 1942, the Prati Sarkar was started in

Belgaum in Karnataka

Chittagong in Bengal

Guntur in Andhra Pradesh

Satara in Maharashtra

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In 1942, the Prati Sarkar (parallel government) was started in Satara in Maharashtra.

– During the Quit India Movement of 1942, various forms of ‘parallel governments’ or ‘Prati Sarkars’ were established in several parts of India by nationalist activists who had gone underground.
– Prominent examples include the Prati Sarkar in Satara district, Maharashtra (led by leaders like Nana Patil and Y.B. Chavan), the Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk, Midnapore district, Bengal (led by figures like Satish Chandra Samanta and Ajoy Mukherjee), and the government in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh (under Chittu Pandey for a short period).
– The Prati Sarkar in Satara was one of the most significant and long-lasting, operating for several years and undertaking constructive work as well as revolutionary activities.

These parallel governments aimed to undermine British authority, carry out local administration, dispense justice, and organize resistance, representing a significant phase of popular defiance during the Quit India Movement. Chittagong is famous for the 1930 armoury raid, not a 1942 parallel government. While activities happened in Belgaum and Guntur during Quit India, Satara’s Prati Sarkar is the most widely recognized example of this phenomenon from 1942.

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