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 Ian”:
(C) The uprooting of Zamindari System and the end of serfdom
(D) Writing off all peasant debts
Correct Answer : The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2013
The Tebhaga Peasant Movement was initiated in Bengal in 1946 by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha to implement the recommendations of Flood Commission, 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 pay only one-third of their harvest to the landlords. The Movement mostly affected the districts of Northern-Bengal.
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