Answer: During the Quit India Movement of 1942 the people of some regions set up their own governments in place of the British government; these were called Prati Sarkar (parallel governments).
- Parallel governments were set up at Satara in Maharashtra, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, Tamluk in Bengal and Talcher in Odisha.
- The Prati Sarkar of Satara, led by Krantisinha Nana Patil, worked from 1943 to 1946 and was the longest-running one.
- It had its own armed volunteer force, the ‘Tufan Sena’, led by G. D. (Bapu) Lad and others; it attacked British treasuries, trains and post offices.
- It held people’s courts (nyayadan mandals), punished moneylenders and dacoits, and worked against social evils, so it won great support from the people.
