History of Jharkhand - Jharkhand Revolts

Jharkhand Revolts

• 1772-1780 Paharia revolt
• 1780-1785 Tilka Manjhi led the tribal revolt and managed to injure the British army Chief. In 1785, Tilka Manjhi was hanged to death in Bhagalpur
• 1795-1800 Tamar revolt
• 1795-1800 Munda revolt under the leadership of Vishnu Manaki
• 1800-1802 Munda revolt under the stewardship of Dukhan Manaki of Tamar
• 1819-1820 Munda revolt in Palamu under the leadership of Bhukan Singh
• 1832-1833 Khewar revolt under the leadership of Bhagirath, Dubai Gosai and Patel Singh
• 1833-1834 Bhumji revolt under the leadership of Ganga Narain of Birbhum
• 1855 Santhals waged war against the permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis
• 1855-1860 During late 1850s Sidhu had accumulated about ten thousands Santhal to run parallel government against British rule. The basic purpose was to collect taxes by making his own laws. British Government had announced an award of Rs. 10,000 to arrest Sidhu and his brother Kanhu
• 1856-1857 Martyr Sahid Lal, Vishwanath Shahdeo, Sheikh Bhikhari, Ganpatrai and Budhu Veer led a movement against the British Government during India’s First War of Independence, 1857, also called Sepoy Mutiny
• 1874 Kherwar Movement shot into fame under the leadership of Bhagirathi Manjhi
• 1895-1900 Movement against the British raj led by Birsa Munda (born 15 November 1875). Birsa Munda was captured by British forces and declared dead on 9 June 1900 in Ranchi Jail, due to Cholera, according to records of the British colonial government.

All of these uprisings were quelled by the British through massive deployment of troops across the region.

In 1914 the Tana Bhagat resistance movement started, which gained the participation of more than 26,000 adivasis, and eventually merged with Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience movement.