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The revolt might have been the first peasant revolt in Indian history. [1] [2] However, the first phase of the revolt would more appropriately be described as a rebellion of feudal lords , who would have mobilized the peasants, and the last phase of the revolt was a spontaneous mass uprising. [3] [4] [5]
The peasants were ruined. In order to get the land revenue waived, Sane Guruji organized meetings and processions in many places and took out marches to the Collector's office. The peasants joined the revolutionary movement of 1942 in great numbers. [4] Gradually the peasant movement intensified and spread across the rest of India.
Peasants under several rebel leaders, including Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang: Qin dissolution [5] 205–186 BC Great revolt of the Egyptians Ptolemaic Kingdom: Native Egyptian peasants and soldiers under secessionist Pharaohs Hugronaphor and Ankhmakis: Suppression of the rebellion [6] 17–25 Lülin: Xin dynasty: Lülin rebels
A military and civilian decoration of British India, the Indian Order of Merit was first introduced by the East India Company in 1837, and was taken over by the Crown in 1858, following the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The Indian Order of Merit was the only gallantry medal available to Native soldiers between 1837 and 1907. [186]
The peasants began a systematic attack on the moneylenders’ houses and shops. They seized and publicly burnt debt bonds and deeds signed under pressure, in ignorance, or through fraud and other documents dealing with their debts. They socially boycotted the moneylenders.
1778: Revolt of the Paharia Sardars of Chota Nagpur against the British. 1784-1785: Uprising of the Mahadev Koli tribes in Maharashtra and Tilka Manjhi of Santal Tribe. 1789: Revolt of the Tamar of Chotanagpur against British. 1794-1795: The Tamars revolted again. 1798: The revolt of the tribals against the sale of Panchet estate in Chotanagpur.
The Nagar Revolt, also known as the Nagara peasant rebellion, was an uprising in the Nagar region (present day Shimoga district) of the Mysore kingdom, which began in August and September 1830. Primarily comprising farmers and minor officials, the rebels were bolstered by the support of some local rulers and mercenaries.
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...