TY - BOOK AU - Baljit Singh AU - Sridhar Misra TI - A study of land reforms in Uttar Pradesh U1 - 333.309542 PY - 1964/// CY - Culcutta PB - oxford books KW - Uttar Pradesh KW - Land tenure N2 - On August 8, 1946, the newly formed Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, as one of its first acts, passed a resolution endorsing the abolition of the 'zamindari' system, i.e., the removal of the intermediaries and the vesting of estates in the State. This book is a region-by-region study of the main features of this legislation, of the lags and frictions in its implementation, and of its immediate and anticipated effects on land owners, tenants, and agricultural workers, as well as on the rural economy as a whole ER -