1855 AD
The Santal Hul challenges Company rule
British Empire · Companies, trade & extraction · Resistance & colonized agency · Indigenous peoples & dispossession
Tens of thousands of Santals mobilized under Sidhu, Kanhu, Chand, and Bhairav Murmu against revenue agents, moneylenders, zamindars, and Company rule. Suppression was devastating—the death toll is uncertain and contested—but the revolt forced administrative reorganization of the Santal Parganas
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- 2026-09-23
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