Which of the following Princely States saw ma)or movements over the period from 1930s to 1940s? 1. Tripura 2. Nilgiri 3. Baroda 4. Travancore Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The correct answer is Option 1 (1, 2, and 4 only). During the 1930s and 1940s, the Praja Mandal movements intensified across various Princely States, demanding responsible government and civil liberties.

• Tripura (1): The 1930s saw the rise of the Tripura Rajya Gana Parishad, which led significant agrarian and political agitations against the monarchy.
• Nilgiri (2): Located in Odisha, Nilgiri witnessed a violent and iconic people’s movement in the late 1930s and 1940s against feudal oppression, eventually becoming the first state to merge with the Indian Union in 1947.
• Travancore (4): This state saw intense movements, most notably the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising (1946) and the struggle against the "American Model" of government proposed by the Diwan.

Baroda (3), while progressive, did not experience the same scale of mass political upheaval during this specific decade-long window compared to the others, as it had already initiated administrative reforms earlier.