Revolutionary, left, peasant and labour movements
Tribal movements after 1857: Birsa Munda, Rampa, Tana Bhagat
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Birsa Munda's Ulgulan (Great Tumult) 1899-1900 against dikus and missionaries, vision of a golden age, Chotanagpur Tenancy Act 1908
- Rampa rebellion 1922-24 in Godavari hills under Alluri Sitarama Raju against forest laws
- Tana Bhagat movement 1914 among Oraons under Jatra Bhagat, later Gandhian turn
- Kuki rising 1917-19, Bastar 1910, Rani Gaidinliu and the Heraka movement, Jaintia and Garo
- Forest Acts 1865 and 1878, reserved forests, shifting cultivation curbs, moneylenders and contractors as dikus
Where to study
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 4: Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
- ch. 4 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age, pp. 1-12 (printed 39-50)
- ch. 4 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age, A Closer Look; Birsa Munda, pp. 9-11 (printed 47-49)
- ch. 4 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age, Forest laws and their impact; The problem with trade, pp. 7-9 (printed 45-47)
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 6 People's Resistance Against British Before 1857
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, People's initiatives, pp. 9-10 (printed 101-102)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 16 Peasant Movements and Nationalism in the 1920s, pp. 197-209