Describe any 3 major problems faced by the peasants of awadh in the day of non cooperation movement
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1. In Awadh, the talukdars and landlords extracted very high rents and a variety of other cesses from the peasants.
2. The peasants also had to do ‘begar’ labour for the landlords and work on their farms without any remuneration.
3. There was no security of tenure and peasants were often evicted, in order to deny any opportunity for them to develop a right over the land they cultivated.
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Major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh were:-
1) The landlords and talukdars of Awadh demanded exorbitantly high land rent and a number of other cesses from the peasants.
2) The peasants were compelled to do beggar, that is, they had to work at landlord’s farm without payment.
3) As tenants, the peasants had no security of tenure and were often evicted from their land, they could not acquire any right over the leased land.