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<p>47.8.178.146: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Multiple issues|<br /> {{more citations needed|date=July 2012}}<br /> {{no footnotes|date=April 2013}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Bengal Tenancy Act 1885''' was an [[enactment (British legal term)|enactment]] of the [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal government]] that defined the rights of ''[[zamindars]]'' ([[lord]]s) and their [[tenants]] in response to a widespread [[peasant]] revolt.<br /> <br /> ==Background==<br /> <br /> ===Eighteenth century===<br /> The [[Permanent settlement]] of 1793 gave absolute rights to the [[zamindars]], who were hereditary landholders and ruled as such, but the rights of tenants were not defined. With time, in the nineteenth century, the [[land (economics)|land]] demand increased and the lords increased [[Land rent|rent]]s and land revenues. The [[Raiyot]]s (tenants) refused to accept the [[zamindari]] rent increase beyond the customary rates.<br /> <br /> This time period also saw a rise in the lesser-landed nobility ([[Chowdhury]]s and [[Taluqdar]]s), whose existence did not fall under the [[Permanent Settlement]] laws. The ''[[Madhyasvatva]]s'', as they were called (literally [[Subinfeudation]]), received their rights by purchase, and not by inheritance like the lords. The government tried to accommodate{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} this class by enacting the Rent Act in 1859. But the issues remained.<br /> <br /> ===Nineteenth century===<br /> Uprisings such as [[Pabna Peasant Uprisings|that in Pabna]] caused great problems{{Clarify|date=April 2013}}. The Rent Commission of the [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Legislative Council]], therefore, enacted the third Act of 1885.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Permanent Settlement|Permanent Settlement Regulations of 1793]]<br /> * [[East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950]]<br /> *[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * {{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Bengal Tenancy Act 1885 |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bengal_Tenancy_Act_1885 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://archive.org/stream/bengaltenancyact00rampuoft/bengaltenancyact00rampuoft_djvu.txt Act's full text at Archive.org]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengal Tenancy Act (1885)}}<br /> [[Category:History of Bengal]]</div>

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