PEASANTRY UNDER COLONIALISM: The impoverishment of the Indian peasantry was a direct result of transformation of the agrarian structure due to Colonial economic policies, Ruin of the handicrafts leading to overcrowding of land, The new land revenue system, Colonial administrative and judicial system. The peasants suffered from high rents, illegal levies, arbitrary evictions and unpaid […]
Read More »INTRODUCTION ; Peasant discontent as recorded by historians has been a familiar feature of the 19th and 20th centuries. During the first quarter of the 20th century, the peasant movements became much more violent. This movement was deeply influenced by the struggle for national freedom. Though, in different parts of the country, there were several […]
Read More »Santhals 1855-56 Indigo revolt 1860 Maratha uprising Santhals 1855-56: The Santhals are a group of tribals largely concentrated in Bihar. They are mainly agriculturists. The first peasant movement which took place in India dates back to Santhal insurrection of 1855-56. This inÂsurrection has reference to the establishment of the Permanent Land Settlement of 1793. […]
Read More »Introduction: The revolt of 1857 was one of the major incident happened in Indian freedom movement which united the Indian people against the British exploitation in India. This revolt not only caused on the aspect of military cause but also on the economic perspective also. Lord Bentinck introduce Bengal land leasing act by this […]
Read More »Introduction: British rule expanded from Bengal to other parts of India, new systems of revenue were imposed. The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to any region beyond Bengal. Since the revenue demand was fixed under the Permanent Settlement, the colonial state could not claim any share of this enhanced income. Keen on expanding its financial […]
Read More »Indigo revolt was started in the year 1859.indigo revolt or indigo rebellion was farmers uprising against the British planters who had forced them to grow indigo within unfavorable conditions. We know that indigo plantation had been started in and around 1777, with the help of nawabs of Bengal which were under the British control indigo […]
Read More »INTRODUCTION Commercialization of agriculture is a phenomenon where agriculture is governed by commercial consideration i.e. certain specialised crops began to be grown not for consumption in village but for sale in national and even in international market. The commercialization of Indian agriculture started post 1813 when the industrial revolution in England gained pace. Commercialization of […]
Read More »There were several peasant and tribal movement during the 19th century, among them the most significant movement was the Santhal rebellion. The santhals were a group of people who belonged to the same tribe. The Santhals lived scattered in various districts of Cuttack, Dhalbhum, Mannheim, Barabhum, Chota Nagpur, Palamua, Hazaribhag, Midnapur, Bankura and Birbhum in […]
Read More »Introduction: There were no proper land reforms before the arrival of British. When British came to power they wanted a proper land Revenue system for collection of taxes from the cultivators; peasants; land lords etc. Lord Cornwallis who first initiated the major land reform in 1793 it was known as Zamindari System. Zamindars attains […]
Read More »Acharya-Vinoba Bhave While studying Sanskrit in Varanasi, he joined Mohandas K. Gandhi as a disciple. At Gandhijis request Bhave resisted British Wartime regulations in 1940 and spent nearly five years in prison .After Gandhi died (1948), Bhave was widely accepted as his successor. More Interested in land reform, accomplished voluntarily, than in politics, he founded […]
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