1. The economic policies of the British protected the landlords and the moneylenders and adversely affected the farmers. The peasants revolted against the injustice in different parts of India. 

2. The peasants in Bengal formed union and revolted against the compulsion to cultivate indigo. 

3. The peasants in Maharashtra revolted in 1875 against the atrocities of the landlords and moneylenders. 

4. In 1918, ‘Kisan Sabha’ was formed by the farmers in Uttar Pradesh. 

5. The Mopla peasants in Kerala rose in great revolt. 

6. With the initiative of Prof N.G. Ranga Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha’ was established.

7. It presented a declaration of peasants rights to the Indian National Congress. 

8. Thousands of peasants attended the session of Indian National Congress which was held in rural part of Faizpur. 

9. In 1938, due to heavy rains crops were destroyed in eastern Khandesh. Sane Guruji organised the farmers who were in a miserable state and took out procession. 

10. The peasants participated in large numbers in the revolutionary period of 1942