Outline of the relationship between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in the Sundarbans region during the pre- and post-Tebhaga movement: Contextual Bengali novel/ তেভাগা আন্দোলনের পূর্ববর্তী ও পরবর্তী পর্যায়ে সুন্দরবন অঞ্চলের বুর্জোয়া ও প্রলেতারিয়াত

Abstract

Sundarban is the land of sundari, gewa, goran, keora and tiger, crocodile. But the hunger for land has forced people to set foot there and that was not easy.Humans have conquered the jungle tigers, crocodiles and snakes and have established themselves there. By showing greed for own land, rich feudal lords engaged landless labourers to do this dangerous work. But later refused to give them land.That was the beginning of tussle of proletarian against the landlord of ‘Lat’. Then the situation became more complicated regarding the share of crops of the sharecoppers. At the time of 1946 sharecoppers at Chirirbandar of Dinajpur district started a movement demanding 2/3 third of crop. Later it spread throughout the West Bengal and East Bengal. The Bengal provincial Kishan Sabha run by the Communist Party called for the Tebhaga Movement.In September, 1946 the oppressed farmers of Sundarban also joined with this movement. Tebhaga could not be fully successful due to the Government’s repressive policies. However the strong impact of Tebhaga forced the Government to enact a land reform law. Above all, Tebhaga tought the proletariat to protest in an organished manner.