BHARATIYA KHET MAZDOOR UNION - FEDERATION - PHASE I

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This collection is a comprehensive digital collection on Agricultural Workers Union in India. It includes a whole set of documents such as various reports of Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union (BKMU), movements such as land struggle, wage struggle, atrocities etc., documents of BKMU meetings, conferences, seminars, conventions etc., publications such as booklets, pamphlets, souvenirs, journals and so on.

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    10th Annual Conference of Delhi Pradesh Grameen Shramjeevi Union in 1983
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1983-5-29) Delhi Pradesh Grameen Shramjeevi Union
    10th Annual Conference of Delhi Pradesh Grameen Shramjeevi Union held on 29 May, 1983. It provides a glimpse into the land struggle and struggle against landlords in rural Delhi and issue of Harijan rights.
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    23rd Session of Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha on 8-10 November, 1986 at Dharmkot (Ferosepur)
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1986-11-8) Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha
    23rd Session of Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha at Dharmkot, Ferosepur on 8-10 November, 1986. Report of the General Secretary, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha as passed by the working committee. This document is in English and Punjabi languages.
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    Article on Wage Struggle in Andhra Pradesh by G. Yallamanda Reddy
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union) Reddy, G. Yallamanda
    Article on Wage Struggle in Andhra Pradesh by G. Yallamanda Reddy, the then General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers’ Union.
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    Booklet on Legislation of Madhya Pradesh Khet Evam Van Mazdoor Union [विधान: मध्य प्रदेश खेत एवं वन मजदूर यूनियन]
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1990-12-31) Madhya Pradesh Khet Evam Van Mazdoor Union
    Booklet on Legislation of Madhya Pradesh Khet evam Van Mazdoor Union, Bhopal.
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    Brief Note on Agricultural Wages in West Bengal: Arithmetic of Rural Poverty
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1973) Labour Department, Government of West Bengal
    A brief note on Agricultural Wages in Five Districts namely, Birbhum, Bankura, Nadia, Malda and 24-Parganas of West Bengal by Labour Department, Government of West Bengal.
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    Challapalli Land Struggles
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1981-12-4)
    This file contains two very important documents that gives clear evidence of the historical land struggle in Andhra Pradesh against the Raja of Challapalli.
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    Circular, Handbills and Other Documents related to Bihar Rajya Khet Mazdoor Union
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1975) Bihar Rajya Khet Mazdoor Union
    Circular to State Council Member regarding decisions taken in the State Council Meeting of Bihar Khet Mazdoor Union, and Handbills & Other Documents related to Bihar Rajya Khet Mazdoor Union druing 1975-1980.
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    Communiqués and Statements issued by the Office Secretary
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1979-8-4) Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union
    Communiqués and Statements issued by the Office Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union, that include issues such as Demand of Agricultural Workers and Problems of Toddy Tappers.
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    Correspondence on Land Struggle Issues in Gujarat and Punjab (1972-1974)
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1972)
    This file contains correspondence on land struggles issues in Gujarat and Punjab against landlords, minimum wage, tenancy, PDS, electricity, water to Harijans etc. The letters from the year 1972 and 1974 contain very valuable historical information of the years on BKMU’s land struggle and organizational issues. The 1972 letter provides information that the actual membership of BKMU in Gandhinagar (Gujarat); The 1974 letters are about – Punjab landless labourers legal problems arising due to landlords cases due to land struggle by BKMU, letter by CPI’s Subodh Mehta, Ex PSP and Sanat Mehta, CPM’s Chandubhai Patel, Harivallabha Parik to governor Gujarat Shri K.K. Vishwanathan on the demands of small farmers, tenants, and landless labour of Gujarat on land reform, tenancy issue, land ceiling issue, housing issues, PDS issues, water supply electricity to Harijans, memo for Gujarat govt. on all these issues.
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    Correspondence on Land Struggles Movement in Kerala
    (1980-4-3)
    Silver Jubilee celebration of Malai Valley estate workers union, December 21, 1980 as protest day by agricultural workers of Kerala, Pension, issue of Ottkkal railway station for tribals of the area.
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    Correspondence on the Struggle for Minimum Wages
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1975)
    This file contains important historically relevant data both of primary and secondary types on the issue of minimum wages an its nuances during the 1970s. This particular file will provide a good glimpse terms of both handwritten notes, newspaper clippings and government notification giving the details regarding wages for agricultural labour in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan; Minimum wages in Uttar Pradesh revised for Farm Labour, Memo-submitted by Punjab BKMU for upward revision of minimum wages for Agricultural Workers; notification by West Bengal Govt. on minimum wage payable to employees of agriculture; report stating situation of wages in various states of which highest wage payable in Punjab, wage revision of agricultural labour in MP details provided by B.K. Gupta; Andhra Pradesh Government notification dated December 2, 1995 on details of minimum wage for agricultural labour as of 1975; wage of Rajasthan in 1979.
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    Decisions of the Executive Committee Meetings of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union held on 7-8 July, 1990
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1990-7-7) Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union
    Decisions of the Executive Committee Meeting held on 7-8 July, 1990 and Activity Report submitted to Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union at the Executive Committee Meeting held on 3-4 November, 1990.
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    Details of the Syllabus, Programme, Training Camp and Circular on the Meeting
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1989) Maharashtra Rajya Shetmajur Union
    The document describe the details of the subjects and teachers at the state level training camp of the MKMU at Amraoti, Sept 1989. The circular on the state executive committee meeting gives details of district-wise membership and quotas. It also gives detai;led programs of the training camps to be held at various places during the year e.g. in Nagpur, Aurangabad, , Satara, Sangli, Dhule etc. This document is in Hindi and Marathi languages.
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    Documents of International Labour Organisation (ILO) National Seminar for Trade Union Leaders on Rural Workers' Organisation
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1978-11-20)
    Documents of ILO National Seminar for Trade Union Leaders in India on Rural Workers’ Organisations held in Varanasi on 20-24 November, 1978.
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    Documents of Jalgaon District Khet Mazdoor Union
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1987) Maharashtra Rajya Shetmajur Union
    The document of Jalgaon District KMU deals with the drought conditions in the district and the state. It mentions the attacks on the Harijans in the district on a largescale. The agricultural labourers and other labouring masses opposed such attacks widely. The document is also in form of circular/news bulletins. The KMU dicided to take up mass campaign since 15 August. There was a big united agr. labourers’ in Kopargaon on wage question. The state document opposes the stand of VS Page, Chairman of the Committee to Revise the Agricultural Labourers’ Wages in the state. C.D. Choudhary demanded his resignation. This document is in Marathi and English languages.
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    Documents on Elimination of Middlemen and Cooperativisation of Tendu Leaves in Madhya Pradesh
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1988) Directorate of Public Relations Government of Madhya Pradesh
    Two documents on Elimination of Middlemen and Cooperativisation of Tendu Leaves in Madhya Pradesh.
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    Documents pertaining to the Inhuman Atrocities by the Landowners on the Harijans in Bhind District, Madhya Pradesh
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1977)
    The reports describe severe atrocities on the Harijans of the villages Mehgaon, Anjanu and Barera. They include systematic attempts to maim the agricultural workers by disabling their hands and feet by beating them and by other means. When the Harijans were to work on the fields on 9.9.77 in v. Barera, they were attacked by the goons of the landowners armed with lathis, farsas and spears, and were seriously injured. Each of the Harijans was severely beaten. The doctors refused to examine and report the injuries. The workers were rendered unable to work.
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    Documents related to Land Reforms
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1973) Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha
    Documents related to Land-reforms.
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    Documents related to Land Struggles and Movements of BKMU in Kerala
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1990)
    This file contains two important documents of 1990 that provide an interesting glimpse into the organizational activity and land struggles and other struggles of Kerala BKMU in 1990 particularly against the Karunakaran govt’s attitude towards the issues and problems of 40 lakh agricultural workers of Kerala.
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    Documents related to Land Struggles in Delhi Rural Areas
    (Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union, 1982-11-9) Delhi Pradesh Grameen Shramjeevi Union
    This file contains fair useful and informative documents that give a good picture into the land struggles of BKMU affiliated Grameen Shramjeevi Union in Delhi’s rural areas.