A Legal History of Land Acquisition in India

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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n11.017

Keywords:

Development-induced Displacement, Forced Migration, Internal Displacement Land Acquisition

Abstract

Development-induced displacement (DID) significantly dominates the problem of internal displacement in India. It occurs when people are forced to leave their habitat to implement large-scale infrastructural projects. Some 10 million people worldwide are displaced or resettled every year due to development projects, with the largest share of displacement due to the construction of dams, urbanization and mining. It has been regarded as ‘the youngest type of involuntary migration.’

In India, the problem of development-induced displacement is quite historical. However, it was only during the British period that the development-induced displacement started gaining attention. This paper seeks to discover the roots of development-induced displacement in India in its pre and post-independent periods. It also discusses the development of various acts of land appropriation since the Company Raj till the present day to understand the patterns and nature of land acquisition and displacement.

Author Biography

Dr. Faisal Mahmood, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Rights, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi – 110062 (India)

Faisal Mahmood is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Right of Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi (India). He has completed his M.A. in Human Rights and B.A. (Hons) in Political Science from the Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (India). He obtained his PhD degree in Human Rights and also awarded with UGC NET-JRF during the PhD. His current area of research centres on the problem of displacement caused by development projects. His research interests include Human Rights, Internal displacement, Development Studies, Minority Rights, etc.

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Mahmood, F. (2023). A Legal History of Land Acquisition in India. RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 8(11), 116–121. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n11.017

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