Modern history

Concepts to cover

1. Bengal indigo revolt led by Digambar and Bishnu Biswas, Dinabandhu Mitra's Neel Darpan 1860, Indigo Commission 1860, support of Hindu Patriot and missionaries
2. Pabna agrarian league 1873 against zamindar rent enhancement; Deccan riots 1875 against moneylenders, Deccan Agriculturists' Relief Act 1879
3. UP Kisan Sabha 1918, Awadh Kisan Sabha 1920 with Baba Ramchandra; Eka movement 1921-22 in Hardoi, Bahraich and Sitapur under Madari Pasi, not led by taluqdars or the Congress
4. Malabar Mappila rising 1921 from Khilafat-Non-Cooperation into anti-landlord and communal violence
5. Bardoli 1928 against a 22 percent revenue enhancement, Vallabhbhai Patel earns the title Sardar, Broomfield-Maxwell inquiry
6. AIKS founded Lucknow 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as president and N.G. Ranga; Faizpur agrarian programme
7. Tebhaga 1946-47 in Bengal for two-thirds share to bargadars (Floud Commission); Telangana armed struggle 1946-51 against Nizam's jagirdars; Punnapra-Vayalar 1946
8. Nineteenth-century peasant movements: economic grievances, immediate exploiters, legal resistance and political limits
9. Regional Kisan movements in 1937-39: Kerala, Andhra, Bihar bakasht struggles and Punjab