Modern India

Munda Rebellion

English

Period1899–1900 Exam importanceHigh

A tribal uprising (1899–1900) led by Birsa Munda in the Chotanagpur region against landlords, moneylenders, and colonial forest policies encroaching on tribal land rights — Birsa Munda’s movement (the Ulgulan) is remembered as both an anti-colonial and anti-exploitation struggle.

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