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Hul Maha-The history of santhal Rebellion!

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Santhal Rebellion

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The santhal rebellion of1855-56 was marked by some of the worst features of elemental tribal passions and open denunciation of british rule. The rebellion, covering the district of birbhum, singhbum, bankura, hazaribagh, bagalpur and monghyr in orissa and bihar, was percipated mainly by economic causes. The money lenders and colonial administrators both exploited them.the diku merchants charged interest on loans, ranging from 50to 500 percent and exploited and cheated the tribal in many other ways, often grabbing their lands. The tribals turned against the british government when they found that the british officer, instead of redressing their grievances, were more anxious to protect their oppressors from the tribal wrathful vengeance. Under the leadership of two santhal brother's  Siddhu and Khanhu, more than ten thousands santhals assembled i  june 1855, when a divine order was issued asking the santhal to get out of the control of their oppressors and take possession of the country and set up a government of their own.within a month,  the rebellion had assumed a formidable shape. The rebels cut of the postal and railway communication between bhagalpur and rajmahal, proclaimed the end of the company's rule and commencement of the santhal regime. They attacked the houses of money lender's, zemindar's, white planters, railway engineer's  and british officials.
The open war with  the British continued till february1857, when the rebel leaders were finally captured and the movement was put down with a great deal of  repression.