Tribe-Class Linkages: The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Tripura's journey from monarchy to democracy -- Tripura: The journey from a princely state to a democracy -- Tribes in India and Tripura's development distinctiveness -- Tripura's tribal movement: Critiquing the stereotype of tribes in India -- Role of the state -- About the book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Princely Tripura: Absolutist monarchy, tribal heterogeneity, and emergence of public action -- British colonialism and the north-east -- Princely states and the unique position of Tripura monarchy -- Absolutist monarchy, exploitation, and socio-economic heterogeneity within tribes -- Public action in north-east and its emergence in Tripura -- Indian freedom movement and the beginning of political activity in princely Tripura -- The Second World War and repression and reforms -- Price rice and food scarcity in the late 1930s and early 1940s -- Formation of organisations from the 1930s and public action -- The tumult: Administrative changes, state repression and formation of GMP -- The Regency council, Dewani rule, and merger with India -- Struggle of the TRPM against proposed constitutional reforms and Dewani rule -- The repression on the TRPM, JSS, and the tribal people -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: The Ganamukti Parishad's Revolt of 1948-1951 -- Formation of the GMP and mobilisation -- Locating the GMP revolt -- Agrarian roots and political conditions -- Initial mobilisation: Tribal and non-tribal peasants -- The agrarian agenda of the GMP and mobilisation of peasantry -- The killing of peasants at Golaghati -- Revisiting the tribe-peasant debate -- Agrarian programme: Ending exploitation and providing relief -- Struggle against moneylenders and determining the rate of dadan.