Question Q.2DiscussGS1GS1
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
— Prateek Joshi · AIR 196
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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
GS1GS1
Topic
Modern Indian History from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present
British colonial rule impact
Agricultural economy and colonial policies
Writing Stats
181
Total words
9
Paragraphs
2
Bullets