000 00887nam a2200157 4500
082 _a333.309542
_bBAL/L
100 _aBaljit Singh
245 _aA study of land reforms in Uttar Pradesh
260 _aCulcutta
_boxford books
_c1964
300 _a266 p.
520 _aOn 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
650 _aUttar Pradesh
650 _aLand tenure
700 _aSridhar Misra
942 _cBK
999 _c62672
_d62672