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what are informations that you can collect under landlords in kuttanad |
Landlord-tenant system was followed in Kuttanad. The lives tenants who were toiling like slaves was always filled with misery. The landlords treated the tenants on the basis of caste system. All the landlords had bonded labourers and were called "Onappanikkar". Landlords made the tenants to work hard throughout the year. Apart from the agricultural work, they were made to do menial jobs like milking the cows, collecting the cow-dung, bathing the cows etc. They used to work from dawn to dusk. Often the landlords would punish them severely. The tenants were not paid in return for the hard work they do. |