Question:
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Answer:
Santhals are the third largest tribe in India. They are mostly found in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Assam. Santhals belong to the Pre Aryan period. They were the great fighters during the British regime in India.
They wagged war against the Permanent Settlement Act enforced by Lord Cornwallis in 1855. During the late 1850s, Santhals hero Sidhu had accumulated around 10 thousand Santhals to run a parallel government against the British government.
Santhals speak Santhali language, which belongs to the Austro- Asiatic language family. The livelihood of the Santhals revolves around the forests they live in. They fulfil their basic needs from the trees and plants of the forests. The also cultivated silk warms.
An animal sacrifice to the Gods was a common practice among the Santhals to appease the Gods and Goddess.
Santhals mainly celebrate the Karam festival which falls in the month of September and October. It is the tradition among the Santhals to grow the Karam tree outside their house after the purification process.
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What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
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Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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What were the activities of the Tribals?
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Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
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Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
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What were the reforms introduced by the British?
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Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
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What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
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Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
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In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
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What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
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Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
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What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
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Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
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Who was Nana Saheb?
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Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
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Who created the first map of India?
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Q 48.
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Q 49.
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Q 50.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
