After the merger of its Department of Punjab Historical Studies and the Department of History, Punjabi University will now study and document the farmers’ protest on Delhi borders. University officials said they would study it from the historical, socio-political and economical aspects and wou
While the current movement draws from agitations of the past, the focus of protesting farmers has changed several times from the pre-independence period to now.
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As the farmers expand their reach across the states, in Punjab smaller movements raising consciousness about the agrarian history of India are being dovetailed into the larger movement. As a result issues have expanded as well, from the repeal of the three farm laws to anti people policies of governments. History and personalities are also being celebrated by the farmers in more ways than one.
Women groups in the state have started making their presence felt by calling for an equal status for women in society, and speaking out against the patriarchal mindset that targets women. They vociferously oppose the language of abuse, and the targeting women as well as the farmers. The women have organised protests on this in Patiala and the Tikri border venue over the last days, and say they are planning more such demonstrations.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu
In Amritsar, there is a village named Gumtala. Very few know that it was earlier called Gummat Wala. Gummat is a dome-shaped structure. At this Gummat in the village, peasants who were unable to pay land revenue used to be herded and subjected to the worst kind of torture during the Mughal period.
Although the British constructed canals, made large areas of land cultivable and turned the disbanded robust army of the Khalsa Raj into firebrand farmers, the overall condition of the farmers remained pitiable as the Pagri Sambhal Jatta movement of 1907 indicates.
Renowned wrestler and actor Dara Singh has written in his autobiography that during his childhood, he noticed that his father would regularly go to the DC’s office to get some land re-transferred to some of his relatives. His father came to know from the Nambardar that the amount of his land revenue had increased as his relatives had transferred some land in his name. It was after protracted litigati