Revolts in Modern India

While much has been written on the Indian Freedom Movement as led by the Congress and Gandhi little is known of the numerous uprisings by peasants tribal communities princely states and other isolated revolutionary acts of resistance against British. Heroic acts of resistance against the British during 1763 to 1857 are almost unknown. The following is a listing of armed revolts that were brutally suppressed by the British as the East Indian Company consolidated its rule in the century preceding the 1857 revolt. The tribal communities living in large part of India participated in numerous revolt. The tribal communities living in large part of India participated in numerous revolts against the British occupation from time to time. They vented their ire against intrusion of imperialist forces and the expansion of the British dominion in India. The most important factor was their opposition to the entry of money lenders revenue collecting farmers and businessmen in their simple life. Their imperialistic economic policies and suppression had been responsible for bringing the tribal communities under the British rule. The authors examine the major political economic social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the subcontinent. Providing an authoritative and detailed account authors emphasise and analyse the structural pattern of Indian history of that time.