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Evaluate the success of Indian peasant movements in achieving their goals.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Social Movements in Modern India

Evaluating success requires stated criteria. Three are usable: goal attainment (did the specific demand succeed?), policy and legislative outcome (was the state compelled to act?), and structural transformation (did agrarian relations change?). Indian peasant movements score high on the first two and poorly on the third — they have been reformist in effect even when…

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