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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Tebhaga Movement was a 1946–47 sharecroppers' agitation in Bengal demanding two-thirds of the harvest instead of half for tenant cultivators.
- What did the term 'tebhaga' specifically demand?
- Which organisation led the Tebhaga Movement, and on what authority?
- How is the Tebhaga Movement different from the Telangana Armed Struggle?
- What lasting policy impact did the movement have?

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In January 1947, sharecroppers in Dinajpur district of Bengal, organised by the Kisan Sabha leader Krishna Binode Roy, carried harvested paddy to their own granaries and surrendered only one-third to jotedars, defying police and landlord enforcement.

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