Question

Explain the reasons for Munda Revolt​

Answer 1

Explanation:

For over three decades, the Munda sardars of Chhotanagpur had been struggling against the destruction of their system of common land-holdings by the intrusion of jagirdars, thikadars( revenue farmers) and traders-moneylenders. During the last decade of the nineteenth century, the Mundas rose under Birsa Munda in a religious movement or rebellion (ulgulan) with an agrarian and political content.

For over three decades, the Munda sardars of Chhotanagpur had been struggling against the destruction of their system of common land-holdings by the intrusion of jagirdars, thikadars( revenue farmers) and traders-moneylenders. During the last decade of the nineteenth century, the Mundas rose under Birsa Munda in a religious movement or rebellion (ulgulan) with an agrarian and political content.They aimed to establish a Munda rule in the land by killing thikadars, jagirdars, rajas, and hakims. To bring about the liberation, Birsa gathered a force of 6000 Mundas armed with swords, spears, battleaxes, and arrows. Birsa was, however, captured in 1900 and he died in jail the same year.