The Persistence of Land Alienation: The Experience of Tribal People of Andhra Pradesh. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rupavath, Ramdas
• Is Part Of: Journal of Asian and African studies. Volume 50:Number 3(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 259
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Telengana -- land alienation -- Land Transfer Regulation -- political movements -- tribal people post-independence; Social change -- Africa -- Periodicals; Social change -- Asia -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Africa -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Asia -- Periodicals; Africa -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Asia -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Africa -- Periodicals; Asia -- Periodicals; 950
• DOI: 10.1177/0021909614527306
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9096

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the policies of the colonial and post-colonial state regarding the tribal people of Andhra Pradesh. The penetration of colonial capital, the policies of the Nizam state which supported this and the resultant process of land alienation is analysed, followed by the presentation of various attempts by the post-colonial state to return tribal land by means of the Land Regulation Act, to rectify the wrongs of the past and to halt any further alienation. The article concludes by arguing that the state has not been successful in ending the process of land alienation which destroys tribal life.