Factors Responsible for People’s Resistance
Colonial land revenue settlements; heavy burden of new taxes and eviction of peasants from their land.
Growth of intermediary revenue collectors, tenants and moneylenders.
Expansion of revenue administration over tribal lands.
Destruction of indigenous industry and promotion of British manufactured goods.
End of patronage to priestly and scholarly classes.
Foreign character of British rule.
Peasant Movements
Narkelberia Uprising (1831)—24 Parganas (Bengal); Titu Mir inspired the Muslim tenants in West Bengal against Hindu landlords.
Pagal Panthis (1825-35)—Mymensingh district (Bengal); Karam Shah and his son Tipu rose against zamindars.
Faraizi Revolt (1838-57)—Faridpur in Eastern Bengal; Shariat Allah, son of Dadu Mian, was the founder of the religious sect (Faraizi).
Moplah Uprisings (1836-1854)—Malabar region of Kerala; against hike in revenue demand and reduction in field size.
Sepoy Mutinies
Vellore Mutiny (1806)
Mutiny of 47th Native Infantry Unit (1824)
Revolt of Grenadier Company (1825), Assam
Mutiny in Sholapur (1833)
Civil Uprisings Before 1857
Tribal Revolts before 1857
