Which of the following statements regarding Santhal rebellion is/are correct?
1. Santhal’s main arousal was against government banned shifting cultivation in forest areas.
2. Though rebellion was suppressed with great brutality, government tried pacification by creation of separate district of Santhal Paragana.
3. It was under the leadership Chittur Singh.
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Which of the following statements regarding Santhal rebellion is/are correct?
1. Santhal’s main arousal was against government banned shifting cultivation in forest areas.
2. Though rebellion was suppressed with great brutality, government tried pacification by creation of separate district of Santhal Paragana.
3. It was under the leadership Chittur Singh.
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The correct option is B 2 only
The Santhal rebellion predates 1857. It was a rebellion of Santhal people led by 4 Murmu Brothers named Sindhu, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav, in modern Jharkhand (then Bengal Presidency) mainly against the oppressive Zamindari system. The initially launched Guerilla warfare in the Jungles of Jharkhand. The British trapped these outstanding archers and killed them in a battle. The Santhal villages were plundered and the rebellion was brutally subdued. The reason was the oppression of police, atrocities of landlords and moneylenders, ill-treatment of small farmers by land revenue officials. Government banned shifting cultivation in forest areas. Santhals made a determined attempt to expel the outsiders – The “dikus” – and proclaimed the complete annihilation of the alien regime.
The slogan was raised by the leaders of Pabna revolt (1878-1883).
2 only
The Santhal rebellion predates 1857. It was a rebellion of Santhal people led by 4 Murmu Brothers named Sindhu, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav, in modern Jharkhand (then Bengal Presidency) mainly against the oppressive Zamindari system. The initially launched Guerilla warfare in the Jungles of Jharkhand. The British trapped these outstanding archers and killed them in a battle. The Santhal villages were plundered and the rebellion was brutally subdued. The reason was the oppression of police, atrocities of landlords and moneylenders, ill-treatment of small farmers by land revenue officials. Government banned shifting cultivation in forest areas. Santhals made a determined attempt to expel the outsiders – The “dikus” – and proclaimed the complete annihilation of the alien regime.
The slogan was raised by the leaders of Pabna revolt (1878-1883).
