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"People describe the farmer as the lord of grains, but no one sees whether he, himself eats or not. It is the biggest wonder of the world that the one who produces remains hungry. I tell the Raja/Nawab and all types of govt (cont)
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of Hindustan to not harass the farmer to the extent that he stands up..Other people break the law when they get angry, w/ a govt, but when the farmer would get angry, he would not only break the law, he would also break the govt."
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Who was Chaudary Chhotu Ram? Sir Chhotu Ram was born into a well known Jat family in a village in Haryana on Nov 24, 1881. He got his law degree from Agra College in 1910 ad started practicing in 1905.
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Why is he important? Sir Chhotu Ram launched the Zimindaran Party, which later became the Unionist Party. It had the support of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh Jats as well as many zamindars from all communities.
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Between 1937 and Jan 1945, Sir Chhotu Ram changed the face of rural Punjab by enacting a series of revolutionary reforms.
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Chhotu Ram first major achievement was the Punjab Land Revenue Act.The exploitation of peasantry by moneylenders was brought to an end with the Punjab Regulations of Accounts Act,1930. It was followed by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act 1943.
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He made it mandatory for money lenders to register themselves in order to execute loans or prosecute farmers. All land attached and sold after June 8, 1901, and mortgaged for 37 years was restored to its owners.
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Farmers were only required to give an application on plain paper to the district collector. If any moneylender had recovered twice the loan amount, the farmer was given his land back. Reconciliation boards were set up.
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The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act (Mandi Act) of 1939, created market committees in notified areas and helped farro the farmer from exploitation. Not only did Sir Chhotu Ram pass these laws, he also implemented them!
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Sir Chhotu Ram also conceived the Idea of building the Bhakia Dam. He had the Punjab Government sign an agreement w/ the Raja of Bilaspur, who had the rights to the waters of the river Satluj.
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Most importantly, Sir Chhotu Ram understood the importance of Secularism and made sure no one community took precedence over the others within the Zamindaran/Unionist Party.
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The Muslims gifted Sir Chhotu Ram with the name "Rahbar-E-Azam and the Hindus with Deen-Bandhu
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