Question

write the main causes of kol rebellion.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Kol rebellion was caused as a uprising against economic exploitation brought on by the systems of land tenure and administration that had been introduced by the East India Company.

• The Kols were one of the tribes inhabiting the Chhotanagpur area.

• They lived in complete autonomy under their traditional chiefs but this changed when the British came.

• Along with the British came the moneylenders and the merchants.

• The Kols then lost their lands to farmers from outside and also had to pay huge amounts of money in taxes. This led to many becoming bonded labourers.
• The British judicial policies also caused resentment among the Kols.
• There was an insurrection in 1831-32 which saw the Kols organise themselves and revolt against the British and the moneylenders.
• They killed many outsiders and burned houses. This armed resistance went on for two years after which it was brutally suppressed by the British with their superior weaponry.
• The Kol Rebellion was so intense that troops had to be called in from Calcutta and Benares to crush it.