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Knowledge Nugget: 170th anniversary of Santhal Revolt: Revisiting Tribal Resistance for UPSC Prelims & Mains

Knowledge Nugget: 170th anniversary of Santhal Revolt — Revisiting tribal resistance for UPSC Prelims and Mains

July 05, 2025 9:43 am

June 30 marks the 170th anniversary of the Santhal rebellion, or ‘Hul’ – literally, revolution – one of the earliest tribal uprisings against the British. Here's what you need to know about it. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the other significant tribal revolts.

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Story of a sacred Jharkhand hill at the centre of old friction between Jains & Santals

May 17, 2025 12:19 pm

Known by tribals as Marang Buru and Parasnath by Jains, the hill in Jharkhand’s Giridih district is considered to be sacred by both communities

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She Said: I love my surname. It just took a while

January 05, 2025 12:30 pm

My Instagram handle now has ‘Adivasi’ written and my name in Santhali script, Ol Chiki. A little late but I grew out of seeing myself as ‘other’. When I see my name today, I don’t see humiliation or ridicule anymore.

In West Bengal, for the first time, an Adivasi scholar’s digital archive is documenting rare Santali manuscripts

July 07, 2024 11:15 am

To commemorate 170 years of the Santal Hul, an exhibit in Kolkata displays copies of endangered texts documenting Santali history and the 1855 rebellion.

In rapidly changing times, Santals in West Bengal rethink how to preserve religious and cultural practices

February 28, 2023 3:36 pm

The way Sohrae is celebrated, has been transforming in some villages in West Bengal, in big ways and small, because of changes that have happened within the Santal community.

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Shah targets Soren: Jharkhand has country’s most corrupt govt

February 05, 2023 6:05 am

Shah also mentioned two murders — a teenager girl who was set on fire in Dumka; and Revenka Paharin, whose body was chopped into pieces allegedly by her partner’s family in Sahibganj. Shah said “adivasi daughters are being murdered and the CM has not done anything”.

What a teacher’s Sahitya Akademi award for Santali poetry means for students at an Adivasi school in West Bengal

November 13, 2022 8:41 pm

On November 14, India’s Sahitya Akademi, the country’s national academy of letters will award Marandi, 36, the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2022 in the Santali language for his book Hapan Mai in the poetry category.

Santhals and their Great Revolt of 1855

August 02, 2022 6:54 pm

Rakesh Batabyal writes: At a time when the ever lengthening shadow of ruthless nationalist capital threatens to cause a complete historic amnesia, memories of such revolts against injustice help us in not allowing forgetfulness to become our collective destiny.

Santal Hul: Remembering Santal women who fought for indigenous rights two centuries ago

June 29, 2022 5:40 pm

The Santal Hul was among one of the important tribal revolts that continues to hold immense significance for the Santal community.

In their own language: a school in West Bengal’s Birbhum for Santal children

March 31, 2022 12:50 pm

For three decades, Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has been operating as a school entirely for Santal children, teaching primary school students.