Screening Paper I · 1 History & Culture · APPSC Group 1

1.4.7 Civil, tribal and peasant revolts notes

6 notes, in reading order.

  1. 1.4.7.1Civil rebellions of the Company era: Sanyasi–Fakir, Poligar, Velu Thampi and Paika

    Before 1857 the Company met a long series of local revolts by dispossessed rulers, chiefs, soldiers and peasants; they were scattered and defeated one by one, but they show that resistance began almost as soon as conquest did.

    Advanced · 6 min · Full course
  2. 1.4.7.2Tribal revolts before 1857: Kol, Santhal, Bhil and Khond

    Tribal communities rose against the Company because revenue, forest control and outsiders (dikus, moneylenders, contractors) took their land and ended their self-rule; the Santhal hool of 1855 was the largest.

    Advanced · 5 min · Full course
  3. 1.4.7.3Tribal movements after 1857: Birsa Munda's ulgulan, Tana Bhagat and others

    After 1857 tribal protest turned against forest laws, loss of land and missionary and landlord pressure, and leaders such as Birsa Munda and Alluri Sitarama Raju combined religious revival with armed resistance.

    Advanced · 6 min · Full course
  4. 1.4.7.4Religious-political resistance: Wahabi, Faraizi and Kuka movements

    Three movements joined religious purification with resistance to British and landlord power: the Wahabis (Muslim, north India and Bengal), the Faraizis (Muslim peasants of east Bengal) and the Kukas or Namdharis (Sikh, Punjab).

    Advanced · 5 min · Full course
  5. 1.4.7.5Peasant movements 1857–1918: Indigo revolt, Pabna and the Deccan riots

    Between 1857 and the First World War Indian peasants rose against planters, zamindars and moneylenders, in separate local movements that won some legal relief but did not question British rule.

    Advanced · 5 min · Full course
  6. 1.4.7.6Peasant movements 1918–1947: Kisan Sabhas, Moplah, Bardoli, Tebhaga and Telangana

    From 1918 peasants organised themselves into Kisan Sabhas that joined or pressed the Congress, and the 1940s saw radical peasant struggles (Tebhaga, Telangana) led by the Communists.

    Advanced · 6 min · Full course

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