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The '''Harsha Chhina Mogha Morcha''' was an agrarian revolt in [[Harsha Chhina]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[India]], that took place in 1946 under the leadership of the [[Communist Party of India]]. Harsha Chhina is a village near RajaSansi Airport, [[Amritsar]].The Morcha started in response to a decision taken by the British Government to decrease the supply of irrigation water to farmers by remodelling the ''moghas'' (canal outlets). The Morcha was headed by [[Comrade Achhar Singh Chhina]], Sohan Singh Josh, Mohan Singh Baath, Baba Karam Singh Cheema, [[Jagbir Singh Chhina]], and [[Gurdial Singh Dhillon|Gurdial Singh Tapiala]]. On the afternoon of 16 July 1946, Achhar Singh Chhina led a Jatha of 15 members from Harcha Chhina Village. On his shoulders he carried an Iron Kahi (An agriculture tool/equipment). The declared aim was to remove one of the existing outlets placed by the canal department and substitute it with the bigger outlet carried by the Jatha. The Jatha, whose members carried their respective party flags, proceeded toward the Canal distributary, followed by the big crowd. Before they could reach the canal, the police stepped in, arrested them and whisked them away to Amritsar. The pattern was repeated on subsequent days as well. <ref>Peasants in India's Non-violent Revolution: Practice and Theory – Page 227</ref> During this movement 950 freedom fighters were arrested by police and detained in Lahore jail for three months.<ref>S. Gajrani Peasant Movement in Punjab Page 33</ref><ref>S. Gajrani - Peasant uprisings - 1987  page 120</ref><ref name="opr">Ralhan, O.P.. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=42DuqSV5NFoC Encyclopaedia of political parties : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh : national, regional, local. Vol. 27, Revolutionary movements (1930-1946)]''. [[New Delhi]]: Anmol, 1997. p. 701</ref>

As a result of this movement an all party-negotiation was held with the Revenue Minister and government officials on providing more farming water to the agriculturalists as per the previous agreement between the farmers and government. At the end, British government agreed to the demands of the freedom fighters.<ref name="opr"/><ref>Peasants in India's Non-violent Revolution: Practice and Theory - Page 567</ref><ref>Mridula Mukherjee - History - 2004 - page 577</ref>

The participants of the Harsha Chhina Mogha Morcha struggle are recognized as freedom fighters by the Indian government and are entitled to freedom fighter pensions from the [[Freedom Fighters and Rehabilitation Division]].<ref name="mha">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/SSS-PensionScheme.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141926/http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/SSS-PensionScheme.pdf |archivedate=16 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://pensionersportal.gov.in/Briefsssp.asp Pensioners Portal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

'''Harse Chhina Morcha Protest Photogallery'''
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[[Category:Communist Party of India]]
[[Category:History of agriculture in India]]
[[Category:History of Punjab]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1946]]
[[Category:1946 in India]]