Ramosi uprising
Topic: Peasant and Tribal Resistance under Company Rule · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Ramosis were a community of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra. Many of them had served as village watchmen and soldiers under the Marathas. After the Peshwa fell in 1818, they lost that work and faced heavy British revenue demands. So they rose in revolt in the 1820s. This is an example of resistance by groups whose old jobs disappeared when the British took over.
Example
The Ramosis rose under Chittur Singh in 1822. They rose again under Umaji Naik from c. 1825–26, and the trouble near Poona lasted until about 1829. The British then pacified them by granting land and taking some Ramosis into the hill police.
Don't confuse with
- Deccan Riots of 1875: also in the Poona region, but these were attacks by ryots (peasants) on sahukars (moneylenders) and their debt bonds. They were not armed risings against British rule.
Related concepts
- Kol uprising
- Bhil uprisings
- Chuar uprisings
- U Tirot Sing
- Khond uprisings
- Koya rebellion
- Rampa rebellion 1879
- Birsa Munda movement
- Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act 1908