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Forced unpaid labour– Begar
Kashmiri Labourers performing Beagar Duty on way to Gilgit manoeuvring almost vertical hillock with heavy load at Bhavanji -Astore, 1898Kashmiri Labourers performing Begar Duty on way to Gilgit manoeuvring almost vertical hillocl with heavy load at Bhavanji -Astore, 1898Kashmiri Men used as Pithu Porters under Begar System near Tragbal Pass on long march to Gilgit,1893Photograph taken by Otta Honnigman in 1911 showing Kashmiri Pithu Porters crossing Tragbal pass on way to Gilgit with heavy loads in the winter of 1911Women clearing weeds at Pologround under the Begar system with a supervisor keeping an eye on them with a long cane in his hand to, 1890Rows of children clearing weeds under the Begar system Kashmiri men carrying charcoal for the Maharaja’s kitchen after preparing it in the nearby forest under Begar System, 1910Kashmiri men making Ghee under the light Begar system while a supervisor, munshi & guard keeping a vigil, 1890British travellers perpetuated the oppression by way of requisitioning labour under Begar system. In one breath they condemned the exploitation and in the other, justified it as being the only way to get “Lazy Orientals” to do any work, 1910The heavy load of about 200 kg could not be carried by a single horse, so a method was devised by the supervisor, 1914
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