Freedom Struggle by Jahnavi Malhotra https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f Tribal communities in Northeast India are often seen as “outside” of the narrative of what it means to be “Indian”, and thus stories of their anti-colonial struggles do not feature in mainstream Indian nationalist accounts. Like many other tribal communities in Northeast India (e.g., Khasis, Jaintias, Nagas, Lushais), Garo people (in the current state of Meghalaya) have mounted heroic resistance against the British rule and associated oppressive practices carried out in collusion with zamindars. In many ways, contemporary narratives continue from British colonial accounts ignoring the local histories which are only carried forward through folklore and oral historiography. en-us 2021-01-22 02:42:58 UTC 2026-03-23 03:22:14 UTC hello@padlet.com The Northeast region of India went into the hands of the British starting with the occupation of Assam in 1826 jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112708212 2021-01-22 02:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112708212 British expansion to the hills faced fierce resistance by the hill tribes. The Khasis led by U Tirat Sing fought valiantly against the British from 1829 to 1833. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112709943 2021-01-22 02:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112709943 However, the resistance finally succumbed to the British and Tirat Sing was imprisoned in Dhaka jail. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112710491 2021-01-22 02:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112710491 Between the 1830s and 1860s, the hill tribes such as the Garos offered stiff challenge to the British expansionist policies toward the hills, causing heavy losses to the latter. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112711493 2021-01-22 02:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112711493 Sonaram Sangma and Pa Togan Nengminza are two Garo leaders who are well-known in Garo Hills for organizing anti-colonial resistance in the late 1800s and early 1900s. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112715496 2021-01-22 03:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112715496 Pa Togan Nengminza organized Garo people for direct confrontations with the British army as they tried to annex the region in the late 1800s jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112716909 2021-01-22 03:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112716909 In 1872, Pa Togan Nengminza and many others were shot and killed by British soldiers as they fought to halt a British incursion jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112717407 2021-01-22 03:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112717407 The uprising by the Jaintias (1862-1863) under the leadership of U Kiang Nangbah was crushed with a heavy hand. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112721003 2021-01-22 03:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112721003 It was now time for the British to establish their hegemony and consolidate their rule in the Garo hills. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112721743 2021-01-22 03:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112721743 It was a battle in which simplicity and innocence came head-on with the high-handedness of the cruel policies of the British. jahnavi2k https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112723907 2021-01-22 03:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnavi2k/f7chjv9xa0v2me0f/wish/1112723907