The Punjab Land Alienation Act and the professional moneylenders
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The Punjab Land Alienation Act of 1900 divided the population of Punjab in two groups of agriculturist and non-agriculturist. The act was seen as a move towards reconciling the peasants who were extremely dissatisfied with the moneylenders. The problems of agricultural indebtedness and land transfer that became very widespread in the Punjab province after the annexation by the British in 1847 threatened to become political danger. The officials realized that if remedy measures were not taken in time, the animosity of the peasants would ultimately be directed toward the government.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1995
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The Great Bengal famine and the question of FAD yet again
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The famine of 1943 which claimed some three millions lives in Bengal province, has witnessed a renewed scholarly interest in past few years after Amartya Sen's proposition that the famine was not caused by a significant decline in food availability. Sen's contention is supported on the basis of a fresh look at the available crop statistics, but it is also argued that this proposition is not really new.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2007
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The fashioning of a frontier: the Radcliffe line and Bengal's border landscape, 1947-52
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The symbol of the 1947 Partitioning of India as a surgical operation using specialized knowledge is a misleading one, since the author of the Boundary Awards, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, was an outsider to Indian politics. The partition plan was a deeply political affair, with politicians trying to influence the process until the last moment.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1999
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