British Land Revenue Systems in India

The three major drawbacks were: impoverishment of the Indian peasantry, fragmentation of land into small unproductive landholdings, and gradual depeasantisation.

The other evils that caused widespread peasant discontentment were: excessive taxation, erratic fixation of revenue, rigidity in revenue collection, excesses of zamindars, manipulation of moneylenders, and ill treatment of revenue agents.

The basic nature of the popular resistance movements was that they were reactions against extreme economic deprivation, often involving physical brutality and ethnic persecution by the government and its agencies.

<p>The three broad categories of peasant uprisings were: civil or restorative uprisings, religious uprisings, and purely peasant uprisings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The objective of the civil or restorative uprisings was the expulsion of the British and restoration of the previous government and agrarian structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After 1850, the peasant uprisings took the form of mass insurrections where peasants themselves took leadership and fought directly for their demands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Wahabi movement, Farazi movement, and the movement in Punjab had religious overtones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Great Santal Rebellion of 1855 and 1870, Indigo movement of 1860, and Moplah uprising (1921) are examples given.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The peasant movements lacked any concrete social, economic or political programme and were not based on any ideology or national consciousness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The peasant outbursts were often initially directed against their immediate sources of misery like zamindars, moneylenders, or planters.</p> Signup and view all the answers