Eki Movement  The beginning of the "Eki" Movement is generally attributed to the events at the Matrikund fair in Chittod. Here, a group of "adivasis" agreed to desist from paying taxes to "jagirdars" until the Maharana addressed the problems with the "jagirdari" system. The immediate inspiration for the movement was Motilal Tejawat's exposure to the Bijolia movement. Pamphlets associated with the Bijolia movement were circulating throughout Mewar around 1920. Tejawat distributed copies of these pamphlets in Jharol "thikana", whose "jagirdar" was known to oppress "adivasis" and followed up by calling a series of meeting in "adivasi" villages in the area, leading to formation of a committee that sought to articulate the grievances and demands of the "adivasi" peasantry. In May 1921, Tejawat was able to utilize a large gathering of "adivasi" peasants at the annual peasant fair Matri Mundiya near Chittor to spread his message and mobilize his followers on the issues of "begar" and unfair taxation. After the fair, a large number of protesting peasants marched to Udaipur to seek an audience with the Maharana who agreed to meet them and conceded some, but not all demands. Three important issues on which the Maharana granted no concession were: the use of forests by "adivasis", "begar", and the rounding up of "adivasis" for the royal "shikhar" (hunt). The reformist newspaper 'Navin Rajasthan' strongly supported the Eki Movement. The newspaper condemned the violence against the movement in the states of Idar and Sirohi, and Vijay Singh Pathik wrote a series of articles highlighting the conditions of the "adivasis" that gave rise to the movement. Navin Rajasthan sent Ram Narain Chaudhary to study the situation. The newspapers 'Lokvani' and 'Praja Sevak' also published articles on the conditions of the peasants associated with the Eki Movement. The intense press coverage of the movement drew the attention of national leaders of the Indian National Congress. On March 7, 1922, several thousand agitators gathered in the village of Palchitaria in Idar State (the village was renamed Dadhvav and now lies in Vijaynagar taluka, Sabarkantha district in present-day Gujarat).