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The Tata Nano Singur controversy was a controversy generated by land acquisition of a proposed Tata Motors automobile factory at Singur in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. The factory would have been used to build the compact car Tata Nano.
The erstwhile state government of West Bengal created the controversy by citing the 1894 land acquisition act rule to conduct an eminent domain takeover of 997 acres (4.03 km2) of farmland on which Tata Motors was supposed to build its factory.[1] The rule is meant for public improvement projects, and the state government wanted Tata to build in its state. The project was opposed by activists and opposition parties in West Bengal.
Leadership positions within the Singur Krishi Jami Raksha Committee (SKJRC - The Committee to Save the Farmland of Singur) were held by the locally dominant Mahishya community, who are the chasjami malik (landholder) or owner-cultivators of the region.[2][3]
- ^ The Economist 30 August 2008 edition. U.S. Edition. "Nano wars". Page 63.
- ^ Guha, Ayan (26 September 2022). The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change. BRILL. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-90-04-51456-0.
- ^ Chandra, Uday; Heierstad, Geir; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (25 September 2015). The Politics of Caste in West Bengal. Routledge. pp. 125–144. ISBN 978-1-317-41477-3.