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A Protest, a Veto and a Committee: The Story of a Farmers Protest
Today, as peasants gather in Delhi to mark six months of one of the most popular protests in contemporary times, what lessons does a 1907 incident have?
File image of farmers blocking a highway to mark 100 days of their ongoing protests against farm laws near New Delhi, March 6, 2021. Photo: PTI
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On May 26, 1907, Lord Minto, Viceroy and Governor General of India, put an end to one of the most intense popular peasant agitations in the Punjab Province by the exercise of a veto on the Colonisation Bill introduced in the Punjab Legislative Council in October 1906.Â