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Measures taken after Santhal uprising


21. After the Santhal uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government?
1) The territories called ‘santhal paraganas were created.
2) It became illegal for a santhal to transfer land to a non-santhal.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c) Both 1 and 2
Exp:
  • Santhal Pargana District was created in 1885 after partition of Bhagalpur and Birbhum. An important reason behind the creation of Santhal Pargana was Santhal Mutiny in 1854-55. 
  • The area of concentration of the Santhals was called Daman-i-Koh. It extended from Bhagalpur in Bihar to  Orissa  in  the  south.  By  the  1850s,  the  Santhals  felt  that  the  time  had  come  to  rebel  against zamindars, moneylenders and the colonial state, in order to create an ideal world for themselves where they  would  rule.  It  was  after  the  Santhal  Revolt  (1855-56)  that  the  Santhal  Pargana  was  created, carving out 5,500 square miles from the districts of Bhagalpur and Birbhum.


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