IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : India History From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century - Peasant and Tribal Uprisings

IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century

Peasant and Tribal Uprisings

Structure

29.0 Objectives
29.1 Intrpduction
29.2 Peasant and Tribal Uprisings: Origins
29.3 Some Important Uprisings
29.3.1 The Sanypi Rebellion, 1763-1800
29.3.2 Peasant Uprisings of Rangpur, Bengal, 1783
29.3.3 The Uprising of the Bhils, 1818-31
29.3.4 The Rebellion at Mysore, 1830-32
29.3.5 The Kol Uprising, 1831-32
29.3.6 The Fara~zi Disturbances, 1838-51
29.3.7 The Mappila Uprisings, 1836-54
29.3.8 The Santhal Rebellion, 1855-56
29.4 Nature of Popular Movements Before 1857
29.4.1 Leadership
29.4.2 Participation and Mobilization
29.5 Let Us Sum Up
29.6 Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises

29.0 OBJECTIVES

In this Unit you will get to know:

• the background to the tribal and peasant movements which took place before 1857,
• the issues around which these uprisings took place, and
• the nature of popular participation and mobilization in these uprisings.

29.1 INTRODUCTION

Earlier in this course we have studied the process of establishment of colonial rule in
India and the transformation that came with it in the field of economy, law,
administration and other spheres of life. What was the reaction of the common people
to this new Raj and the changes that it brought? Was the revolt of 1857 and isolated
event or was it preceded by protest movements of like nature? An attempt has been
made in this Unit to show how the peasants and tribes reacted to alien rule in the late
18th and 19th centuries,, till 1857. This Unit covers~somehajor peasant and tribal
uprisings and the origins and character of such uprisings. 

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