Peasant Radicalism in Nineteenth Century Bengal the Faraizi, Indigo, and Pabna Movements Peasant Radicalism in 19th century Bengal Choudhury, Nurul H. creator Asiatic Society of Bangladesh text bg Dhaka Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 2001 monographic eng
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188 p. : 25 cm. Machine generated contents note: Theories of Peasant Movements in South Asia -- Agrarian Setting of Bengal in the late -- 18th and early 19th Centuries -- The Faraizi Movement - -- The indigo Movement -- The Pabna Movement -- General Observations -- 1. FARAIZI, INDIGO AND PABNA MOVEMENTS: -- THE BACKGROUND -- Pre-colonial and Colonial Land Tenure Systems -- Colonial Commercial Policy -- Commercialization of Agriculture, -- jotedars and Socio-economic Change -- 2. THE FARAIZI MOVEMENT -- Islamic Ideology and Political Change -- The Faraizi Movement: A Historical Overview -- Anti-Faraizi Coalition: Zamindars, Planters and the Raj -- Faraizi Quest for Autonomy -- Strategy of the Movement: Non-cooperation -- Strategy of the Movement: Violence -- 3. THE INDIGO MOVEMENT -- History of Indigo Cultivation in !engal -- Planters, Zamindars and Ryots -- Dynamics of Indig'o esistance Movement -- Missionaries and Indigo Ryots -- British Indian Association and Indigo Ryots -- Individual Magistrates and Indigo Ryots -- Indigo Ryots' Defiance -- Leadership of the Movement -- 4. THE PABNA MOVEMENT -- Rack-renting -- Grievances of Occupancy Tenants -- Impact of Jute Cultivation -- Organization and Leadership of the Movement -- Government Policy towards the Movement -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. Nurul H. Choudhury. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Toronto, 1991). Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-183) and index. a-ii--- a-bg--- Peasant uprisings India Bengal History Indigo industry India Bengal History Radicalism India Bengal History Bengal (India) History 19th century DS485.B49 C486 2001 954.14 CHP Asiatic Society of Bangladesh publication; no. 83 2001294133 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Field Office http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001294133.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001294133.html DLC 170312 20240117062541.0 12516332