Pabna Revolt 1870s-80s

Region: East Bengal during 1870s and early 1880s

Causes

• Zamindar enhanced rents above legal rate
• They blocked issue of occupancy rights to peasants/cultivators under Bengal Tenancy Act -1859

Characteristics

1. Payment of extra rent resisted; rents withheld
2. Formed agrarian leagues – collected fund for litigation
3. Legal recourse – developed awareness of law and legal rights
4. Peaceful agitation- little violence
5. Support from intelligentsia – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and RC dutt
6. Not Anti-British campaign – also not against zamindari system – hence,  did not receive suppressive treatment during legal battle or peaceful protests
7. Hindu-Muslim unity

Outcomes

1. Zamindar – came to early positions – high litigation cost
2. Bengal Tenancy Act passed – 1885