Political mobilization in the localities: the 1942 Quit India movement in Midnapur
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The 1942 Quit India Movement in Midnapur, Bengal was led by local Congress leaders, acting through the provisional national government, which continued to function till 1944. The Congress organization in Midnapur had acted wisely in supporting local movements which aimed at reducing the peasants' tax burden while keeping the local elites' authority intact. This strategy, and the publication of Biplabi, a Bengali weekly, enabled the local Congress organization to motivate the local peasantry and women in the battle against the British administration, when the Quit India Movement had declined elsewhere.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1992
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Assuaging the Sikhs: government resposes to the Akali movement, 1920-1925
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The civil authorities in the Punjab who were responsible for the recruitment of the military realized that the Akali movement initiated by the peasant-dominated community in the Punjab in the 1920s threatened the foundations of the British Raj in India. The Sikh from the rural community formed an integral part of the Indian Army and their religious revolt could have deprived the military of robust men. The government's decision to hand over control of the Golden Temple to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee is indicative of how concerned they were about the Akali movement.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1995
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The response to rural reform in an overseas Chinese area: examples from two localities in the western Pearl River delta region, South China
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The rural development policies concerning the Pearl River delta region of Southern China in the late 1970s and 1980s had a significant impact on family structures and ties to North America. Rural reform sparked North American Chinese concerns for the economic security of family members in the Pearl River area and a subsequent involvement in government and economic activities. The role of overseas families in the economic, health care and educational activities of their home regions had a financially positive impact on most of the region.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1997
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