Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.7 Civil, tribal and peasant revolts

2.7.1 Civil 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.

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Key terms

  • Sanyasi rebellion
  • Fakir
  • Majnu Shah
  • Poligar
  • Kattabomman
  • Pazhassi Raja
  • Velu Thampi
  • Paika rebellion
  • Vellore mutiny
  • Narasimha Reddy

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