The Uprising of the Bhils, 1818-31 : The Bhils were mostly concentrated in the hill ranges of Khandesh. The British occupation of Khandesh in 1818 enraged the Bhils because they were suspicious of outsiders’ incursion into their territory. Moreover, it was believed that Trimbakji, rebel minister of Baji Rao II, instigated the Bhils against the British occupation of Khandesh. There was a general insurrection in 1819 and the Bhils in several small groups ravaged the plains. There were similar types of insurrection quite often by the Bhil Chiefs against the British. The British government used its military force to suppress the rebels and at the same time tried to win them over through various conciliatory measures. But the British measures failed to bring the Bhils to their side. The Kol Uprising, 1831-32 : The Kols of Singhbhum enjoyed independent power under their Chiefs. They successfully resisted attempts made by the Raja of Chota Nagpur and Mayurbhanj to subdue them. The rebellion spread over Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Palamau and Manbhum. The target of the attack were the settlers from other regions whose houses were burnt and property looted. The insurrection was ruthlessly suppressed by the British militia. Rampa Rebellion of 1922 : After the passing of the 1882 Madras Forest Act, its restrictions on the free movement of tribal peoples in the forest prevented them from engaging in their traditional “Podu” agricultural system, which involved shifting cultivation in northern areas of Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. Santhal Rebellion (HUL), 1855 : It extended from Bhagalpur in Bihar in the North to Orissa in the south stretching from Hazaribagh to the borders of Bengal. ....Read more