Land Reforms and Rural Empowerment: Historical Analysis toward Viksit Bharat
Dr. U. Kanthaiah
Assistant Professor of Department of History Government Degree College Haliya, Nalgonda.
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Abstract
Land reforms in India have been among the most transformative socio-economic policies undertaken since Independence. They were conceived not merely as economic adjustments but as instruments of social justice and political empowerment. The agrarian structure inherited from colonial rule was deeply unequal, marked by the domination of zamindars and intermediaries, widespread tenancy, and the dispossession of cultivators. Recognizing that political freedom without economic and social equality would remain incomplete, India’s post-independence leadership placed land reforms at the core of nation-building.
Keywords:
empowerment; Historical; nation-building
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