GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 1954.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, 1950, was drawn up that year. It placed a ceiling on land ownership at 186 kanals (about 22 acres). The rest of the land of a landlord was redistributed among share-croppers and landless labourers, without any compensation to the landlord.

Detailed explanation-3: -Compendium of Rules, Instructions and Clarifications relating to Section 118 of the H.P. Tenancy & Land Reforms Act, 1972. Section 118 of the H.P. Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 provides for restriction on transfer of land in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist of the State.

Detailed explanation-4: -If the land of the landowner is with more than one tenant from whom he intends to resume land under the provisions of section 104, he shall select the land for resumption from the tenant holding the largest area of tenancy land and then from the tenants who hold lesser tenancy land in descending order.