Question

a brief note on Warli Revolt in Maharashtra

Answer 1

The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenoustribe or Adivasis, living in mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas. They have their own animistic beliefs, life, customs and traditions, as a result of acculturationthey have adopted many Hindu beliefs. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belong to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages

Answer 2

The Warli revolt of 1945–7 is a critical watershed in the agrarian history of Thane district, and has had a lasting significance ( Ambasta 1998 ). The demand for land and the demand for higher wages were two important pivots of the movements led by the Kisan Sabha from the 1940s through the 1960s. Such movements included struggles against slavery and forced labour, landlords and moneylenders, and for land, tenancy rights, and forest plots; the issues raised ranged from higher wages for grass-cutting to the question of autonomy of the Adivasi people.