Veteran Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar passed away in Colombo after a brief illness. He was 81. He was born in April 1934 in Chavakachcheri of Sri Lanka’s...
Maharashtra government to exempt small cars from paying toll tax for all build operate transfer (BOT) road projects that worth over 200 crore rupees. Similar relief also given for road...
Israel’s largest drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical agreed to buy generic drugs business of Allergan Plc for USD 40.5 billion. According to the agreement Teva will make cash payment of USD 33.75...
1. Amélie Mauresmo, who has been recently inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame; belongs to which of the following countries? [A]France [B]Italy [C]Spain [D]Portugal Answer: France...
Peasant movements formed a major pillar of the Indian freedom struggle, transforming local agrarian discontent into a unified anti-colonial force. Under British rule, traditional village economies collapsed due...
The Telangana Peasant Struggle (1946–1951) was an armed peasant revolt led by the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Andhra Mahasabha against the feudal rule of the...
The Tebhaga Movement was a major peasant agitation that erupted in Bengal between 1946 and 1947, demanding a fundamental restructuring of sharecropping terms. Spearheaded by the Bengal Provincial...
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was an ascetic, nationalist leader, and pioneer of the organized peasant movement in colonial India. Operating primarily from Bihar, he transformed localized agrarian distress into...
The Bihar Kisan Movement was one of the most prominent regional agrarian struggles in 20th-century India, shaping the trajectory of peasant mobilization, land reform demands, and radical politics...
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was established in April 1936 at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress, marking a pivotal moment in the unification of...
The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 stands as a watershed moment in the history of peasant movements in British India. Organised in the Bardoli taluka of Surat district in...
The Mappila Rebellion, also known as the Malabar Rebellion of 1921, was an armed peasant uprising and anti-colonial surge in the Malabar region of present-day Kerala. Stemming from...
