Land Reforms in Tamil Nadu (1947-1969) -A Study

Abstract

Peasants were often browbeaten and exploited by Mirasdars, rich landowners of the Madras presidency. Mirasudari’s denial of wages in kind and failure of north east monsoon questioned the survival and employment of the peasants. The interesting phenomena is that the cultivators belong mostly to the caste Hindus sector wherein the landless, most probably and all in the category of untouchables.