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❦Koodi Molla
Pabna peasant organizer
Local Pabna Raiyats’ League organizer and follower of Ishan Chandra Roy.
Biography
Context
In the context of The League organized cultivators against zamindari rent increases and illegal exactions in the Yusufshahi area. Koodi Molla’s place in the movement shows how local Muslim peasant organizers worked alongside other rural leaders in a broader agrarian coalition., Koodi Molla is recognized as Pabna peasant organizer. Local Pabna Raiyats’ League organizer and follower of Ishan Chandra Roy.
Contribution
A prominent follower of Ishan Chandra Roy in the Pabna Peasant Uprising, associated with the Pabna Raiyats’ League formed in 1873.
Impact
His role helps recover the movement’s local organizers from accounts focused only on zamindars, courts, or later legal reform. The uprising began with organized, largely lawful resistance before escalating in some areas and facing state intervention.
Timeline Placement
Koodi Molla appears in 1 linked timeline events, spanning 1873-1876.
First Appearance
1873-1876
Latest Appearance
1873-1876
Active Span
1873-1876
Linked Events
1
Legacy Summary
His role helps recover the movement’s local organizers from accounts focused only on zamindars, courts, or later legal reform. The uprising began with organized, largely lawful resistance before escalating in some areas and facing state intervention. This influence is reflected across 1 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
Bengal Tenancy Act 1885
Banglapedia reference on the agrarian law that shaped landlord-tenant relations in colonial Bengal.
Cited in: 1 events
Pabna Disturbances and the Politics of Rent
Scholarly study of rent disputes, peasant mobilization, and colonial legal response in Pabna.
Cited in: 1 events
Pabna Peasant Uprising
Banglapedia reference entry on the 1870s rent-resistance movement in Pabna.
Cited in: 1 events