Resistance before 1857 and the Revolt of 1857
Civil, tribal and religio-political uprisings before 1857
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- Sanyasi-Fakir rebellion in Bengal 1760s-1800, Rangpur Dhing 1783, Paika rebellion Odisha 1817
- Kol uprising 1831-32; Santhal Hul 1855-56 under Sidhu and Kanhu; Santhal Parganas district and bar on transfer of Santhal land to outsiders
- Bhil risings, Khond rebellion, Kutch and Ramosi risings and their common grievances against dikus
- Wahabi movement of Syed Ahmad Barelvi, Faraizi movement of Haji Shariatullah and Dudu Miyan, Kuka movement of Bhagat Jawahar Mal and Ram Singh
- Why early resistance was local, backward-looking and easily suppressed, and why it still mattered
- Poligar resistance: Kattabomman, Oomathurai and Maruthu Pandian; Velu Thampi and the Kundara Proclamation
- Regional resistance before 1857: Pazhassi Raja in Kottayam and Wayanad and the Ahom revolt under Gomdhar Konwar
- Mappila agrarian risings in Malabar before 1857: revenue, tenancy and landlord oppression
- Surat salt-tax protests of 1844 and resistance to standard weights and measures in 1848
- Regional civil uprisings before 1857: revenue grievances, displaced rulers and resistance in Gorakhpur, Vizianagaram, Hathras and Kutch
- Khasi, Singpho and Khampti resistance: colonial roads, outsiders and expansion in the north-east