Tag: adivasi revolts

The Sannyasi rebellion or Sannyasi Revolt (1770-1820) (The monks' rebellion) were the activities of sannyasis and fakirs (Hindu ascetics, respectively) in Bengal against the East India Company rule in the late 18th century. It is also known as the Sannyasi rebellion which took place around Murshidabad and Baikunthupur forests of Jalpaiguri. These Sanyasis were Sadhus of the Dasanami sect, which originated in 9th century. In 16th century, a section of Dasnamis was organized by Madhusudana.  Two prominent leaders were Kena Sarkar and Dirji Narayan. The book "Nil Darpan" was about the indigo rebellion of the peasants and does not talk about Sanyasi Rebellion. Hence, Option A is correct. Among the rest, options B and C mention Nildarpan, which is wrong and Option D mentions only one correct statement, 2. Hence, all these are incorrect. 

Kols rebellion is a revolt of tribal communities living on the Chhota Nagpur plateau. It was a peasants movement against government officers and moneylenders. The transfer of tribal lands and the coming of moneylenders, merchants and British laws created a lot of tension among them which led to a rebellion in 1831-32. Thousands of tribal men, women and children were killed and the rebellion was suppressed.

The Santal hool or Santhal uprising started when the Santhals finally took oath to launch an attack on the the British colonial rule, zamindars and money lenders. In July 1855, two Santhal leaders, Sidhu and Kanhu, mobilized thousands of Santhals and declared a rebellion against the colonists. Many money lenders and native agents of the Company were killed with their primitive weapons. But finally, the British, equipped with modern weapons and tactics, brutally crushed the revolt with the two celebrated Santhal leaders Sidhu and Kanhu were killed. Over 20,000 Santhal tribes were killed and several villages were destroyed.

The third largest tribes of India are the Santhal Tribe. This tribe habitation is mainly in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam. They belong to the Pre- Aryan period and were the great fighters during the British regime in India.

He was arrested on 3 March 1900 in Jamkopai forest, Chakradharpur while he was sleeping along his tribal guerrilla army which was fighting against British forces. About 460 tribal people were arrested of which one was given capital punishment, 39 were awarded for transportation for life and 23 for 14 years of jail. Birsa Munda died in Ranchi Jail on 9 June 1900.

Inspired by the patriotic zeal of revolutionaries in Bengal, Raju raided police stations in and around Chintapalle, Rampachodavaram, Dammanapalli, Krishna Devi Peta, Rajavommangi, Addateegala, Narsipatnam and Annavaram.

The Madras Forest Act was passed in year 1882.