Pabna Rebellion 1873-76 AD - General Knowledge of Modern India

Pabna Rebellion 1873-76 AD - General Knowledge of Modern India

In the second half of the 19th century, in a place called Pabna in Bengal, the peasants revolted against the zamindari exploitation. Pabna was under the zamindari of Rajshahi Raj and it was the largest Zamindari after Vardhman Raj. The founder of that Zamindari was Raja Kamadeva Raya. As much as the Pabna rebellion was against the landlords, it was not against the moneylenders and moneylenders. You must have read about the Moplah rebellion and the Santhal rebellion, these were also peasant rebellions. The peasants of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in the 1870s-80s revolted against the arbitrary taxes raised by the landlords. Let us know about this rebellion, who was the leader of this rebellion and about the result of this rebellion.

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Pabna Rebellion

Pabna was an economically prosperous area. In 1859 many farmers were given the right of ownership of the land. Under this right given to the farmers, the farmers could not be evicted from their land. The increase in rent was also banned. Overall, there was a positive atmosphere in Pabna for the farmers. But over a period of time the dominance of the landlords started increasing in Pabna. The landlords started increasing the rent arbitrarily. The peasants were harassed by the landlords in other ways as well.

Finally, in 1873 AD, the farmers of Pabna decided to raise their voice against the exploitation of the landlords and formed a union of farmers. Farmers' meetings were organized. Some farmers declared their parganas free from zamindari control and tried to form local government. He also raised an army to counter the laths of the zamindars. Money was deposited in the form of donations to fight the landlords judicially. Farmers stopped paying rent for some time. This movement gradually spread to remote areas like Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tripura, Rajshahi, Faridpur, Rajshahi.

Result

The Pabna Rebellion was a movement of a peaceful nature. The farmers were demanding protection of their interests in a peaceful manner. His movement was not even against the government, so the Pabna movement got indirect support from the government. 1873 AD Campwell, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, justified the peasant organizations. But the landlords of Bengal wanted to give a communal color to this movement. A newspaper Hindu Patriot published that this movement has been started by Muslim farmers against Hindu landlords. But some historians believe that it is wrong to give a communal color to this movement because both Hindu and Muslim farmers were involved in the Pabna rebellion. The leaders of the movement were also people from both the communities, such as Ishan Chandra Rai, Shambhu Pal and Khudi Mallah. As a result of this movement, the Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in 1885, in which arrangements were made to provide some relief to the farmers.