Why in the News?
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren commemorated an Adivasi resistance event linked to the Serengsia battle of 1837, but historians and Adivasi activists have contested the official date of remembrance, calling for historically accurate commemoration.
About the Serengsia Battle
- Fought in 1837 between Ho Adivasis and the British East India Company
- Took place in Serengsia Valley, present day West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand
- Part of a broader phase of Adivasi resistance in the Kolhan region
Who Were the Ho Adivasis
- Indigenous inhabitants of the Kolhan region
- Region includes East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Seraikela Kharsawan
Background to the Uprising
- Kolhan came under Bengal Presidency around 1820–21
- British imposed revenue, allowed non Adivasi settlement and enforced Hindi and Oriya
- Exploitation by zamindars and social oppression triggered resistance
- Earlier uprising known as Kol Uprising of 1831
| [2011] Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century?
(a) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products (b) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas (c) Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas (d) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities |
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