write a brief summary of Birsa Munda and his struggles against the British
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Birsa Munda was a young adivasi who led the long struggle against the British policies that allowed the moneylenders and zamindars to exploit the adivasis. ... Birsa became a headache for the British. Finally , one of his own men betrayed him. He was arested in 1900 and is believed to have died of cholera soon after
In the late 19th century, colonial India witnessed a massive upsurge in resistance movements led by Adivasi (indigenous people) in the eastern part of the country called Chota Nagpur.
These movements, including that led by the young tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, happened against the backdrop of a history of exploitation, and land alienation. Although these issues predated the advent of the British Empire, they were augmented by the arrival of the colonial officials.
With the coming of British administration, the existing system of feudal-landlordism, which was generative of apathy for the ‘original settlers’ in the area, was further entrenched by the legal-political edifice established by the empire. These laws brought about massive changes to the existing system of land governance.