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Tribal Revolts



Tribe
Year
Leaders
Cause

Chuar
1766-72
Raja Jagannath
Excess Revenue demand, Bengal Famine

Bhills
1817
Sewaram
Agrarian hardship

Hos
1820
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British occupation of Singhbhum

Ramosi
1822
Chittur Singh, Pratap Singh, Dattaraya Patkar
British Rule


Kolis
1824

Dismantle of  forests

Ahom
1828-33
Buddhu Bhagat
Land transfer to outsiders

Khasi
1829-32
Tiruth Singh
British occupation

Kol
1831-32
Buddhu bhagat
Land transfer to outsiders 

Santhals
1855-56
Sidhu and Kanhu
British Rule

Naikda
1858
Rup Singh
For Dharma Raj against ban Joria Bhagat on grazing and timber 

Bhuyan and
  Juag
1867-68
1891
Ratna Nayak
Dharni Nayak 
Installation  of British protégé on throne

Kacha Nagas
1882
Sambhuden
British intervention

Munda (Ulgulan)
1899
Birsa Munda
Land system ,Missionary activity  and forced labour 

Bhills
1913
Govind Guru
A temperance and purification movement

Oraons (Tana Bhagat)
1914
Jatra Bhagat and  other Bhagats
Religious Reason


Chenchus
1921-22
----
British control of forests 

Koyas/ Rampas
1922-24
Alluri Sitaram Raju
British Rule 

Naga
1932
Jadunag (1905-31) and Rani Gaidinliu
A reformist movement later directed against excess of British rule