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  • Report From The Flaming Fields of Bihar
  • Major Achievements

SOME critics of the movement like to interpret it merely in terms of violence and killings. Even some sympathisers, too, see only the fighting spirit of the masses, the heroism and all that, and are quite unaware of the great strides made by this unprecedented movement in transforming the rural society. Let us, therefore, have a look at the major achievements.

  • 1. Organising the Peasants in the Kisan Sabha
  • 2. Dealing Heavy Blows to the Feudal Hegemony
  • 3. Economic Offensive against the Landed Gentry
  • 4. Exercising All-round Control of the Peasantry through Village Committees
  • 5. Maintaining and Developing Peasants' Armed Forces and Combating Reactionary Gangs
  • 6. Drawing Peasants in the Forefront of the Struggle for Democracy
  • 7. Drawing Peasants in United Movement against the Enemy
  • 8. Conducting Widespread Political Propaganda
  • 9. Helping Women Fight Shoulder to Shoulder with their Menfolk
  • 10. Transforming Caste Conflicts into Class Struggle
  • 11. Checking Communalism
  • 12. Ushering in a Great Change in Socio-cultural Life
  • 13. Developing Mutual Cooperation
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Bihar : An Overview
  • The Battleground and the Forces
  • Bihar Peasants in Modern History
  • Land Reform Acts and Their Implementation
  • 1980-81 Agricultural Census : The Case of Bihar
  • Changing Class Composition in Bihar Villages
  • The Great Upheaval
  • The Reactions
  • Major Achievements
    • 1. Organising the Peasants in the Kisan Sabha
    • 2. Dealing Heavy Blows to the Feudal Hegemony
    • 3. Economic Offensive against the Landed Gentry
    • 4. Exercising All-round Control of the Peasantry through Village Committees
    • 5. Maintaining and Developing Peasants' Armed Forces and Combating Reactionary Gangs
    • 6. Drawing Peasants in the Forefront of the Struggle for Democracy
    • 7. Drawing Peasants in United Movement against the Enemy
    • 8. Conducting Widespread Political Propaganda
    • 9. Helping Women Fight Shoulder to Shoulder with their Menfolk
    • 10. Transforming Caste Conflicts into Class Struggle
    • 11. Checking Communalism
    • 12. Ushering in a Great Change in Socio-cultural Life
    • 13. Developing Mutual Cooperation
  • Problems and Weaknesses
  • A Microlevel View
  • Salient Features of the Movement
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDIX : PROGRAMME OF THE BIHAR PRADESH KISAN SABHA
  • APPENDIX : POLICIES ON PEASANT STRUGGLE
  • APPENDIX : CPI(ML)’S APPEAL TO KURMI PEASANTS
  • APPENDIX : CPI(ML)'S APPEAL TO YADAVA PEASANTS
  • APPENDIX : THE ROLL OF HONOUR : MARTYRS IMMORTAL