Volume-I, Issue-II, November, 2024
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
| Volume-I, Issue-II, November, 2024 |
Growth of Agricultural Labour in Bankura District: Colonial Experiences Sovan Ghosal, Research Scholar, Department of History, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India Email: sovanghosalbu@gmail.com |
Received: 05.11.2024 | Accepted: 25.11.2024 | Published Online: 30.11.2024 |
Page No: 95-105 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.02W.010 | |
Abstract | ||
The colonial land revenue policies implemented by the British in India fundamentally transformed traditional agrarian structures, leading to widespread landlessness and the emergence of a class of agricultural labourers. These changes effectively destabilised existing land tenure systems that had been in place for generations. In regions like Bankura district in West Bengal, the repercussions of these policies were particularly pronounced. Bankura, often classified as a backward district, experienced significant socio-economic upheavals due to the imposition of exploitative revenue systems. Moreover, the agrarian distress and the frustrations arising from the colonial land revenue systems led to considerable unrest in Bankura. The issue of landlessness and the emergence of agricultural labour in the Bankura district is discussed in this article. Keywords: Agricultural Labour, Bankura, Landlessness, Tribal, village community. | ||