Peasants in Revolt: Tenants, Landlords, Congress and the Raj in Oudh 1886-1922

This book deals with the impact of imperial policies on the countryside, the emergence of the Taluqdari system, the classification of peasant society, peasants exploitation, the emergence of peasant organizations, the role of militant rural intelligentsia, the peasant struggles and the attitude of the dominant social groups towards these struggles. It also attempts to analyse the peasants` perception of Gandhi and Gandhi`s attitude towords the peasants` response to his call.