Bhil uprisings
Topic: Peasant and Tribal Resistance under Company Rule · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Bhil uprisings were revolts by the Bhils, a tribal people of the Khandesh hills in western India. They began around 1817–19, when the British took over Khandesh after defeating the Marathas. The Bhils feared the new rulers would take away their lands, their forests and their old rights. The British first used force and then tried to win them over. They show how tribal risings often went from repression to "taming".
Example
After the Bhil risings of 1817–19 in Khandesh, the British combined military action with conciliation. They offered land and allowances and raised a Bhil corps, a unit of Bhil soldiers serving the Company, to draw Bhils into the colonial order.
Don't confuse with
- Ramosi uprising: the Ramosis were a different community, in the Western Ghats near Poona. They revolted in the 1820s, after the fall of the Peshwa.
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