Question

The 1969 Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act was significant because:

• A. It abolished landlordism and redistributed land to tenants and landless workers
• B. It focused on privatization of industrial estates
• C. It nationalized agricultural production
• D. It created wage protection laws

Answer 1

Answer:

A. It abolished landlordism and redistributed land to tenants and landless workers

• The Act abolished landlordism, vested land rights with the state, redistributed land to cultivating tenants and the landless, fundamentally altering Kerala’s agrarian structure.