Pabna agrarian disturbances of 1873–1876

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The Pabna agrarian disturbances of 1873–1876 were a major peasant movement in Bengal (in present-day Bangladesh) in which tenant farmers organized against oppressive zamindari practices, influencing later agrarian and nationalist politics in British India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agrarian unrest ⓘ
peasant movement ⓘ
social movement in British India ⓘ
characterizedBy largely non-violent resistance ⓘ
organized peasant associations ⓘ
use of law and courts against landlords ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
endTime 1876 ⓘ
fieldOfWork agrarian relations ⓘ
peasant politics ⓘ
followedBy later tenant movements in Bengal ⓘ
hasCause attempts to enhance rent beyond legal limits ⓘ
high rents ⓘ
illegal cesses and exactions ⓘ
oppressive zamindari practices ⓘ
hasEffect greater official attention to tenant rights ⓘ
influence on later agrarian movements in Bengal ⓘ
influence on nationalist politics in British India ⓘ
strengthening of tenant solidarity ⓘ
legalContext Bengal Tenancy Act debates ⓘ
Permanent Settlement of 1793 ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bangladesh ⓘ
Pabna District ⓘ
location Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Pabna ⓘ
mainTypeOfActor peasants ⓘ
opposedTo indigo planters and landlords ⓘ
zamindari system ⓘ
participant British colonial administration ⓘ
Hindu zamindars ⓘ
mostly Muslim raiyats ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
zamindars ⓘ
partOf history of colonial Bengal ⓘ
history of peasant movements in India ⓘ
precededBy indigo revolts in Bengal ⓘ
significantFor development of organized peasant politics in Bengal ⓘ
shaping colonial land policy debates ⓘ
startTime 1873 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
usedMethod collective refusal to pay enhanced rents ⓘ
formation of peasant committees ⓘ
legal action in colonial courts ⓘ
mass meetings ⓘ
petitions to authorities ⓘ
rent strikes ⓘ

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Pabna → historicalEvent → Pabna agrarian disturbances of 1873–1876 ⓘ
Bengal Tenancy Act debates → hasCause → Pabna agrarian agitation ⓘ
linked to: Pabna agrarian disturbances of 1873–1876
Bengal Tenancy Act debates → influencedBy → Pabna agrarian unrest ⓘ
linked to: Pabna agrarian disturbances of 1873–1876