WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 30th June 1855, two years before the Great Revolt of 1857, two Santhal brothers Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu organised 10, 000 Santhals and proclaimed a rebellion against the British. The tribals took an oath to drive away from the British from their homeland.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 30 June 1855, two Santal rebel leaders, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, mobilized roughly 60, 000 Santhals and declared a rebellion against the East India Company. Sidhu Murmu had accumulated about ten thousand Santhals to run a parallel government during the rebellion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Santhal rebellion (also known as the Sonthal rebellion or the Santhal Hool) was a revolt by the Santhal in present-day Jharkhand, India, against the British East India Company and the zamindari system.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Santhal rebellion began on June 30, 1855, and went on for almost six months before it was finally suppressed by January 3, 1856, leaving over 15, 000 Santhals dead and over 10, 000 of their villages destroyed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Santhal uprising of 1855 The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh. This was declared to be the land of the Santhals. They were to live within it, practise plough agriculture, and become settled peasants.