{"id":2614,"date":"2025-05-04T20:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:20:54","slug":"q-after-the-santhal-uprising-subsided-what-was-were-the-measure-measures-taken-by-the-colonial-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-after-the-santhal-uprising-subsided-what-was-were-the-measure-measures-taken-by-the-colonial-government","title":{"rendered":"Q. After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was\/were the measure\/measures taken by the colonial government?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The territories called \u2018Santhal Parganas\u2019 were created.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) Both 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"santhal-uprising\"><strong>Santhal Uprising<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Santhal Rebellion, also known as the Santhal Hul, was a major uprising by the Santhal people against British rule in India that\u00a0<strong>took place from 1855\u20131856<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Santals lived in a territory that\u00a0<strong>stretched from Hazaribagh to Medinipur, spanning the Subarnarekha River,<\/strong>\u00a0along with other Munda ethnolinguistic tribals, and they engaged on agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rebellion was a response to decades of\u00a0<strong>exploitation by the British, moneylenders, and landlords<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rebellion was led by the\u00a0<strong>four sibling brothers, Sidhu, Kanhu, Chand, Bhairav and Rohansai who was the main leader of the Santhal Tribe and their two sisters Phoolo and Jhano<\/strong>, who were killed in the cause.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"outcomes-of-the-santhal-rebellion\"><strong>Outcomes of the Santhal Rebellion:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Establishment of Santhal Parganas:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In response to the rebellion, the British created the Santhal Parganas as a separate district, with a Deputy Commissioner and four Assistant Commissioners to oversee the region. This district was exempted from general laws and regulations, and a new police system was introduced to encourage tribal participation in maintaining law and order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act of 1876:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This Act was enacted\u00a0<strong><mark>to protect Santhal land rights and prevent their transfer to non-tribals, acknowledging their traditional land tenure system<\/mark><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heightened Awareness of Tribal Grievances:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The rebellion brought to light the plight of the Santhal people and the exploitative practices of the zamindari system and moneylenders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Impact on Santhali Identity and Resistance:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The rebellion strengthened Santhali identity and fueled resistance against oppression, playing a role in the later formation of the state of Jharkhand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Suppression and Devastation:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>While the rebellion did lead to reforms, it also resulted in the deaths of thousands of Santhals and the destruction of countless villages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legal Reforms:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Santhal Rebellion spurred the development of the\u00a0<strong>Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act<\/strong>, which aimed\u00a0<strong>to protect tribal land rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer:&nbsp;(c) Both 1 and 2 Santhal Uprising: Outcomes of the Santhal Rebellion:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}