Pabna Rebellion (1873 AD–1876 AD) is related to which of the following?

Concept

A historical uprising is classified by the social group whose material grievances and collective organization drove it. Agrarian movements center on cultivators or tenants and on land, rent, or revenue relations; other movements arise from different constituencies and grievances.

Application

In Pabna district, tenant cultivators (raiyats) formed agrarian leagues and resisted zamindars’ enhanced rents and illegal exactions during 1873–1876. The participants and their grievance identify the episode as a peasant uprising.

Contrast

• Peasant: tenant cultivators organized around rent, tenancy rights, and agrarian exactions.

• Labour: industrial wage earners organize around pay, hours, and workplace conditions.

• Student: learners organize around education policy, campus conditions, and representation.

• Businessman: commercial actors organize around trade rules, taxation, and market access.

Cross-check

Historical accounts accordingly describe the episode as the Pabna Peasant Uprising or Pabna agrarian movement.

Therefore, the answer is Peasant.