The 2020-21 Indian farmers' protest, seen as a historic juncture in Indian agricultural history, was a large-scale farmer protest against three farm acts passed by the Indian government in September 2020. Farm unions argued that these laws would leave farmers vulnerable to big companies and endanger their livelihoods. These were the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and the Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
Thousands of farmers camped at the borders of the capital, where dozens of them succumbed to Covid, cold and heat. Singhu border, Tikri border and Gazipur border saw humungous gatherings of farmers who voiced against the laws.
After a year of sustained protests by farmers for 380 days, the bills were repealed by the Government of India. There were many phases to this movement, from camping to protesting, controversies to conspiracies, the Red Fort ruckus to clashes between the farmers and the security forces etc. Sit-in protests, encirclements, online and offline campaigns, activist engagements, demonstrations and various other mediums became the roadmap to oppose the laws.
According to the reports 732 farmers lost their lives while the protest continued. Documenting this revolution in the wake of public sentiments across the globe was an equally captivating journey in itself as were the historic moments.