This book explores the actual scenario of West Bengal’s much discusses land reform movement ‘Operation Barga’. Presenting a historical overview of landholding and cropping relations in both pre and post-independent India, It traces the roots of the land reform movement and relates it to socio-historical and theoretical issues. Further discussing the expectations and achievements of land reform in revitalizing the present agrarian system in the era of decolonisation, the book analyses the effects of land reform in the context of ‘Operation Barga’ with distinct ecological, agricultural, social and economic histories and contexts of the state. Views of stakeholders on Barga anomalies also find place in the discussion. The book raises some alarming issues concerning land reforms in general and ‘Operation Barga’ in particular which need immediate intervention by the policy makers, political implementators and development workers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abdul Munir
Prof. Abdul Munir is working as Chairman in the department of geography at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). Prof. Munir has a distinguished academic record and stood first at the M.A. examination. Prof. Munir has a wide ranging interest in many branches of geography but specializes in Agricultural geography, Urban geography and Quantitative geography. Prof. Munir has authored a large number of articles which have been published in journals of repute. Besides, he has also authored several books in the field of Geography.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ali Mohammad
Ali Mohammad, M.A., PG.D., is former Chairman, department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim university, Aligarh. His field of specialization is agricultural geography, food security and nutritional problems in rural India. Earlier, he has worked as a Senior research fellow in Jawaharlal Nehru university; as an Associate professor at the centre of West Asian Studies, Aligarh Muslim university, Aligarh; Assopciate professor in Egerton university, Kenya; and Professor in Asmara university, east Africa, Etitrea. Dr. Ali Mohammad has to his credit numerous research papers and more than one dozen books on agriculture, food security and nutritional deficiency.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rocket Ibrahim
Rocket Ibrahim, Director, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.H. Siddiqui
Dr. S.H. Siddiqui is working as Senior reader in the Department of geography at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). He has wide interest in geography but specialized in Agricultural geography and Rural development. He has authored a Large number of articles in various journals of geography. Besides, he has also authored several books in Geography.
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