How to get previous year from the result of current year in java?

Just use Calendar.add method to "add" -1 to the year and wrap it in your own utility method:

private static int getPreviousYear() {
    Calendar prevYear = Calendar.getInstance();
    prevYear.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
    return prevYear.get(Calendar.YEAR);
}

Example:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(getPreviousYear());
}

Prints on my system:

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Java

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