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British colonial rule had a profound impact on Indian agriculture, fundamentally altering the traditional agrarian economy which led to severe peasant resistance. Discuss.

Introduction

British colonial rule with its primary goal of revenue maximization brought Indian agriculture down from its past glory to a crippled state.

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Main Body

Colonial rules' impact of agriculture:

1Subsistence-based agriculture turned into commercialized form for Indigo Cultivation.

2Oppressive land tenure systems led to poor agricultural productivity for Zamindari system's neglect of quality of land.

3Low investment into technology in agricultural life dasavation

methode led to frequent famines.

4Peasants first turned into tenants than into Banded labour due to non-payment of debt.

Alteration of Traditional Agrarian Economy:

From self sufficiency to import dependency

Ancillary sectors went out of business (agri like laggary making etc went out of business)

This led to severe peasant resistance

1Kisan Sabha Movement against land tenure system

2Champaran Satyagraha against Indigo cultivation.

3Tebhaga movement against agricultural debt seeking.

Fattening of agriculture by British was so offensive that even 75 years of independence, this sector had not rebounded land completely

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Conclusion

Fattening of agriculture by British was so offensive that even 75 years of independence, this sector had not rebounded land completely

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Topper

Prateek Joshi

AIR 1962024

Subject & Paper

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Topic

Modern Indian History from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present

British colonial rule impact

Agricultural economy and colonial policies

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