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GS History Modern India
Q.

With reference to agrarian unrest in Pabna district in 1870s, consider the following statements:

1. For the first time peasants demanded uprooting of Zamindari System.

2. It was a violent uprising in which many zamindars were killed.

3. The Government promised to undertake legislation to protect the tenants from zamindari oppression.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct ?

Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: Its aims were limited to the redressal of the immediate grievances of the peasants and the enforcement of the existing legal rights and norms. It was not aimed at uprooting the zamindari system.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Hardly any zamindar or zamindar's agent was killed or seriously injured. The revolt was carried out mainly through legal means.

Statement 3 is correct: The Government also promised to undertake legislation to protect the tenants from the worst aspects of zamindari oppression, a promise it fulfilled however imperfectly in 1885 when the Bengal Tenancy Act was passed.

Thus, Option A is Correct.

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