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[Audio] Peasant movement. History project. Topic Peasant Movement.

[Audio] Farming is a type of peasant movement. Farming is a type of Peasant Movement.

[Audio] The first peasant movement in india was started in bihar under the leadership of swami sahajananda saraswati.

[Audio] A peasant movement is a social movement involved with the agriculture policy , which claims peasants rights . Peasant movements have a long history that can be traced to the numerous peasant uprisings that occurred in various regions of the world through out human history . Early peasant movements were usually the feudal and semi – feudal societies , and resulted in voilet uprisings . In colonial India , the economic policies of European merchants and planters during the period company rule adversely affected the peasant class , protecting the land lords and money landers while they exploited the peasants ..

[Audio] The peasant movements created an atmosphere for post – independence agrarian reforms , for instance , abolition of zamindari . They eroded the power of the landed class , thus adding to the transformation of the agrarian structure . The growth of peasant movement's exercised considerable pressure on the indian national congress . Despite this , the karachi congress charter did not even touch the fringe of the peasant problem . But the political pressure of the kisan sabha succeeded in the faizapur congress agrarian programme . However , the congress could not under the pressure of the native bourgeoisie grant any radical concession to the peasant demands , at the cost of jeoparadizing the intrests of zamindars this was amply demonstrated by the performances of the congress ministers during the short period that they were in office before independence.

[Audio] The indian farmers had to suffer the ill effects of british economic policy . They gave unjust treatment to the farmers . The british encouraged indian farmers to grow cash crops like cotton , jute , wheat , indigo and tea , etc . The farmers had to bear the cost of indigo farming and the british planters used to keep the yields without compensating the farmers . Not only this they were even exploited through the various taxes levied on them Thousand of landless labourers and poor farmers were forced to sow indigo instead of other crops . The British imposed heavy taxes on farmers so that farmers had to abandon their fields . Growth rates in agriculture were stagnant and in the region increased . The British policies aimed to integrated indian agriculture into the world market . They imposed high taxes on the peasants , reduced the import duty on goods manufactured in England and imported those to india and cut the thumbus of expert artisans and ruined their business..

[Audio] In 1936, with the intitative of Prof .N.G.Ranga , the 'Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha' was established . This sabha presented a declaration of peasants rights to the indian national congress . The session of the congress was held in the rural part of faizapur in maharashtra . Thousand of peasants attend this seSsion.

[Audio] khandesh were destroyed due to heavy rains . for the dalits Sane guruji built up unity of the workIn order to get the land revenue waived , sane guruji organised meetings and processions at many places . He took out marches on the collector office . The peasent participated in large number in the revolutionary period of 1942 . In 1938 , the crops in eastern ers . he tried to create strong centre of workers union at dhule – ammalner . He was the president of mill workers union of ammalner .he went on fast unto death to open the doors of vithal temple at pandharpur.

[Audio] The uprising began in July 1946 when a deshmukh's thug murdered a village militant in Jangaon taluq of Nalgonda. Soon, the uprising spread to Warrangal and KhammamThe peasants organised themselves into village sanghams, and attackedusing lathis, stone slings and chilli powder. They had to face brutal repression. The movement was at its greatest intensity between August 1947 and September 1948. The peasants brought about a rout of the Razaqars—the Nizam's stormtroopers. Once the Indian security forces took over Hyderabad, the movement fizzled out.

[Audio] The Telangana movement had much positive achievement to its credit In the villages controlled by guerrillas, vethi and forced labour disappeared. i. Agricultural wages were raised. ii. Illegally seized lands were restored. iii. Steps were taken to fix ceilings and redistribute lands iv. Measures were taken to improve irrigation and fight cholera v. An improvement in the condition of women was witnessed. vi. The autocratic-feudal regime of India's biggest princely state was shaken up, clearing the way for the formation of Andhra Pradesh on linguistic lines and realising another aim of the national movement in this region.

PRESENTATED BY – GROUP 2. GROUP MEMBERS. Sakshi . Ajay . Makhija Siya . Mahesh . Ahuja Gauri . Pahlaj . Rohra Vidhi . Amar . Katiyara Akshara . Mukesh . Bhirya.