UPSC General Studies Solved Paper - General Studies-2013

  • question_answer
    The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

    A)  the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

    B)  the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land

    C)  the uprooting of Zamindari System and the end of serfdom

    D)  writing off all peasant debts

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Exp. [a] The Tebhaga Peasant Movement was initiated in Bengal in 1946 by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha to implement the Floud Commission recommendation, which asked for sharecroppers to give one-third of their harvest to the landowner instead of the one-half, which they were paying at that time. In its response, the Bargadari Act was passed which provided that sharecroppers need to pay only one-third of their harvest to the landlords.


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