ABSTRACT
The people of Kashipur had never imagined that their land would become prey to multinational companies. Later in the year, a team of technicians landed in Doraguda village to survey the land for establishing a police station. The government and the Company refused to share any information about the project. From 1999, the state repression of the villagers intensified. The historiography of the Movement is a contested one. By emphasising role of NGOs in the Movement and mobilisation of villagers, a section of the sangramis and the three sathis doubted people’s agency in organising themselves and resisting the Company. The capital and the democratic state of India found it difficult to persuade the villagers to give up their land. From the middle of 2000, the district administration increased its effort to control territory and capture the land for the Company. In 2013, the village elders of Kucheipadar met and decided that they would not accept any compensation from the Company.
