Singur: The story of a decade-old struggle
Written By Wion Web Desk
Published: Sep 01, 2016, 19:33 IST | Updated: Sep 01, 2016, 19:33 IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday termed the 2006 acquisition of nearly 1,000 acres of land in West Bengal?s Singur district illegal and void and asked the state government to return the land within 12 weeks
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Singur is a small town in the Hoogly district located in India's eastern state of West Bengal.
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Soon after Tata?s announcement of the Nano car project, farmers started demonstrating over "forcible" acquisition of land for the proposed car factory
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The situation became mercurial from December 2006 when Trinamool Congress party chief Mamata Banerjee started a hunger-strike.
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Between late December 2006 and summer of 2007, peace talks between the state government and Trinamool Congress failed.
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Women at Singur played a pivotal role in the protest. They were fearless in demanding back their families? lands.
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Social and political activists, such as Mahasweta Devi and Medha Patekar, rushed to Singur in support of the farmers? struggle.
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Singur movement witnessed an unprecedented coming together of political groups, human right activists, and intellectuals.
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In protest against police firing on unarmed farmers, thousands took to the streets of Kolkata-West Bengal?s capital city-marching in silence.
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Jail going became a fanfare; not something to be intimidated about.
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