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The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

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The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

(a)

the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

(b)

the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land

(c)

the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom

(d)

writing off all peasant debts

Answer:

(a)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

The Tebhaga movement was a militant campaign initiated in Bengal by the Kisan Sabha (peasants front of Communist Party of India) in 1946. At that time share-cropping peasants (essentially, tenants) had to give half of their harvest to the owners of the land. The demand of the Tebhaga (sharing by thirds) movement was to reduce the share given to landlords to one third.