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 »Condition of agriculture and land reforms After the British rule, A large section of the population, about three-fourths, was dependent on agriculture for employment and for the food and fiber consumed by farming families and landlords. Agriculture in India was based mainly on feudal land relations where a majority of the population lived in rural […]
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Zam Zam Well: History, Significance, and Controversies
Vijay Ratna Kumar J | March 27, 2023