Question

Who led the Santhal rebels?
(1)Alluri Sitarama raju
(2)Birsa Munda
(3)Sidhu & Kanu
(4)Gunda Dhur​

Answer 1

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Sidhu & Kanu

Answer 2

Sidhu & Kanu led the Santhal rebels.

Option (3) is correct.

More informations:

• Santhal rebels were led by Sidhu and Kanu with their other two brothers Chand and Bhairav.

• Santhals fought with their primitive weapons against the guns; this resulted in a failure.

• Local Zamindars and the Nawab of Murshidabad helped the British to put and end to the rebels, by killing nearly 15000 santhals and destroying many villages by elephants.

Note: It is very important to read the following two notes.

1. "There seems also to be a sentiment of honour among them; for it is said that they use poisoned arrows in hunting, but never against their foes. If this be the case and we hear nothing of the poisoned arrows in the recent conflicts, they are infinitely more respectable than our civilised enemy, the Russians, who would most likely consider such forbearance as foolish, and declare that is not war." [ Household Words, Charles Dickens ]

2. "It was not war; they did not understand yielding. As long as their national drum beat, the whole party would stand, and allow themselves to be shot down. Their arrows often killed our men, and so we had to fire on them as long as they stood. When their drum ceased, they would move off a quarter of a mile; then their drums beat again, and they calmly stood till we came up and poured a few volleys into them. There was not a sepoy in the war who did not feel ashamed of himself." [ Major Jervis, British Army ]