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Prelims 2013 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 70

The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

  1. the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
  2. the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
  3. the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
  4. writing off all peasant debts

Answer

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

  • (a) Tebhaga means 'three shares'. Bargadars/sharecroppers in Bengal demanded that the landlord/jotedar take one-third of the produce instead of one-half. Correct.
  • (b) The movement was mainly for a larger share of produce for sharecroppers, not immediate ownership rights over land. Incorrect.
  • (c) It was not a direct programme for abolishing the entire zamindari system or ending serfdom; its central demand was specifically about the crop share. Incorrect.
  • (d) Writing off all peasant debts was not the core demand of the Tebhaga movement. Incorrect.
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