The nature of social change in rural Gujarat: the Kheda district, 1818-1918

Crispin Bates

doi:10.1017/S0026749X00008763

The nature of social change in rural Gujarat: the Kheda district, 1818-1918

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The Kheda (or Kaira) district has lately attracted great interest among Indian historians, not only because it was the area in which Gandhi chose to launch the very first peasant ‘satyagraha’ in resistance to government revenue demands, but also because it harboured a highly progressive class of peasant farmers, known as the Patidars, who to this day rank among the wealthiest cultivators in Western India.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	771-821
Number of pages	51
Journal	Modern Asian Studies
Volume	15
Issue number	04
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X00008763
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 1981

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