💨 Abstract

Rani Rashmoni, a 19th-century Bengal widow, twice defied the British colonial government on the Hooghly river and during Durga Puja. She leased a stretch of the Hooghly to protect fishermen's livelihood, blocking the river with iron chains, and won back the money and tax withdrawal.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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