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Social Justice and Legislating: Sir Chhotu Ram's Fight Against Rural Exploitation
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Sir Chhotu Ram: He was most influential social and political reformer of colonial India, specially in the Punjab region. He was known as Deenbandhu or “Friend of the Poor,” At that time the peasants were suffered under the exploitation of Sahukars, so he dedicated his life to protecting the rights of farmers and peasants who suffered under exploitative economic systems and social hierarchies. Through landmark legislation such as the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act (1934) and the Punjab Debtors’ Protection Act (1936), he sought to free rural communities from the oppressive grip of moneylenders and landlords.
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- Prem Chaudhary , Punjab Politics :The Role of Sir Chhotu Ram ,(Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi ,1984) Page no. 157. K.C.Yadav (ed.) The Crisis in India Reflections of Sir Chhotu Ram ,( Haryana Historical Society, Kurukshetra,1996),Page no. 132. Ibid, page no .31 D.C. Verma ,Sir Chhotu Ram Life and Times , (Reproduced by Sani H.Panhwar)Page no 50-51 K.C.Yadav , op. cit . Page no 34 Prem Chaudhary ,op.cit. Page no 285 K.C Yadav , op. cit. page no 40 Ibid ,Page no 15 D.C.Verma , op. cit. Page no ,59. Madan Gopal , Sir Chhotu Ram:A Political Biography (B.R.Publishing corporation ,1977) Page no 59-60 K.C Yadav , Haryana Studies in History & Culture,(Kurukshetra University ,Haryana ,1968) Page no 130 D.C. Verma ,Sir Chhotu Ram Life and Times , (Reproduced by Sani H.Panhwar)Page no 24 Ibid. Page no 78 Balbir Singh ,Sir Chhotu Ram , A Saga of Inspirational Leadership, (Publication division ,Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ,Govt. of India ,2009)Page no 282 Ibid, Page no 284 The Punjab Debtor's Protection Act ,1936(Punjab Act II of 1936 Balbir Singh,Op. cit. Page no 289 Ibid, Page no 295 Punjab Legislative Assembly debates vol.XII,53,1940,Page no 153 Article by Neelam , Ch.Chhotu Ram :A Great Reformer , Journal of Advances and scholarly Researches in Allied Education ,Vol.13.Issue no.1 , April-2017 page no 1098 Balbir Singh , op.cit.Page no 321 Ibid , Page no 325