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Critically examine: “the Kol Insurrection was mainly a war of the tribal inhabitants of Chotanagpur against the non-tribal settlers and service-holders.”

  • UPSC 2019
  • Indian Response to British Rule

The Kol Insurrection of 1831–32 in Chotanagpur and Singbhum was overwhelmingly a tribal reaction against the "sud" or outsiders — the non-tribal landholders, moneylenders and revenue officials who displaced an older order of tribal self-governance.

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  • The Making of the "Non-Tribal" Threat
  • The Character of the Insurrection
  • Qualifying the "Tribal versus Non-Tribal" Frame

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