Faridpur

1818

Faraizi Movement Begins in Eastern Bengal

A major Muslim reform and agrarian mobilization emerges under Haji Shariatullah.

From 1818, Haji Shariatullah's Faraizi movement spread across parts of eastern Bengal as a religious reform movement that also intersected with agrarian grievances under colonial and zamindari structures. It promoted Islamic obligations and social discipline while building organized rural networks among Muslim peasants.

1946-1947

Tebhaga Movement

Sharecroppers in Bengal demanded two-thirds of produce, turning agrarian inequality into mass politics.

The Tebhaga Movement (1946-1947) was a major sharecropper mobilization in Bengal in which bargadars demanded that two-thirds of harvested produce should remain with cultivators instead of the customary half-share claimed by jotedars. Organized through peasant networks with strong left participation, the movement spread across multiple districts and became one of late-colonial Bengal's most significant agrarian confrontations.