Question

Tebhaga Revolt of 1946 took place in 
1. Bengal 
2. Punjab 
3. Sind
4. Gujarat

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Bengal 

The correct answer is Bengal.

• The Tebhaga movement was led by the sharecroppers of the Bengal region against the oppressive jotedars in 1946-47.
• The cultivators had to hand over half of the crop to the jotedars.
• In late 1946, the bhagadars(cultivators) challenged the prevailed system of sharecropping.
• They asserted that they would not pay half of the produce but one-third of the produce.
• Tebhaga Movement
  • The movement was led by All India Kishan Sabha
  • Peasant wing of CPI

Peasant Revolt/Movement	Place	Year
Champaran Satyagrah	Bihar	1917
Kheda Peasant Struggle	Gujarat	1918
The Bardoli Movement	Gujarat	1928
Moplah Rebellion in Malabar	Kerala	1921
Peasant Revolt in Telangana	Telangana	1946-51
Indigo Revolt	Bengal	1859