When Protesting Farmers Brought Down a Government Nargund farmers ushered in the first non-Congress government in Karnataka
The history of the subcontinent is replete with instances of the hands driving the plough taking up arms when the situation demanded it, whether in the historic Indigo Revolt of 1859, the War of Independence of 1857 or subsequent agitations during the freedom struggle.
Since 1947 farmers in India have emerged as a force to reckon with, and their movements have been instrumental in ushering in political, economic and social change. The ongoing agitation at the borders of New Delhi brings back memories of other such movements that had a far-reaching impact and altered the political equations of the times.