Colonial State, Agrarian Transition and Popular Protest in Orissa, 19211947

Colonial State, Agrarian Transition and Popular Protest in Orissa: 19211947 attempts to understand the agrarian socioeconomic transition that took place during colonial rule, in the provinces and the princely states of Orissa. Here the peasantry, both tribal and nontribal, actively participated in antiimperialist mass movements for independence. Established in 1803, colonial rule shaped the base for mass movement to flourish in later periods.