Modern History PYQ 110 of 636 · Other Civil Uprisings

The Tebhaga Movement was started in 1946 from Bengal under the leadership of:

  1. AMuslim League
  2. BKisan Sabha
  3. CIndian National Congress
  4. DTrade Union
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

66th B.P.S.C. Re-Exam (Pre) 2020

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Correct answer: (b) Kisan Sabha

Explanation

The Tebhaga Movement (1946–47) was a famous peasant movement of Bengal. Under it, peasants began a struggle to reduce the rent rate to one-third in accordance with the recommendations of the ‘Floud Commission’. This movement, fought under the leadership of the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS), was a movement of sharecroppers against the jotedars.

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