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Revision note: Early Resistance: Civil, Peasant and Tribal Uprisings

  • Civil: Sanyasi–Fakir (Bengal), Kattabomman (Poligar, TN), Paika 1817 (Odisha, Jagabandhu), Kittur 1824 (Rani Chennamma)
  • Tribal: Kol 1831, Santhal Hul 1855–56 (Sidhu–Kanhu), Khond (Chakra Bisoi), Munda Ulgulan 1899–1900 (Birsa) → CNT Act 1908
  • Peasant: Titu Mir 1831, Faraizi (Shariatullah, Dudu Miyan), Indigo 1859–60, Pabna 1873–76 → BTA 1885, Deccan riots 1875 → DARA 1879
  • Religious: Wahabi (Syed Ahmad, Patna), Kuka (Ram Singh), Moplah (Malabar)
  • Features: local, traditional leaders, religious idiom, repression, protective laws
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