Prelims 2020 · Q35
Easyभारत के इतिहास के संदर्भ में, “ऊलगुलान” अथवा महान उपद्रव निम्नलिखित में से किस घटना का विवरण था ?
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With reference to the history of India, "Ulgulan" or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?
(a) The Revolt of 1857 · (b) The Mappila Rebellion of 1921 · (c) The Indigo Revolt of 1859 – 60 · (d) Birsa Munda's Revolt of 1899 – 1900
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (d) 1899 – 1900 के बिरसा मुंडा विद्रोह का
"Ulgulan" (also spelt Ulgulaan), meaning the Great Tumult, is the name of the tribal uprising led by Birsa Munda in the Chota Nagpur region in 1899-1900. It is remembered as a Munda movement against colonial authority, not as any of the other revolts listed.
- ✗ (a) The Revolt of 1857 was the wide uprising against Company rule in north and central India. It is not called Ulgulan.
- ✗ (b) The Mappila Rebellion of 1921 took place in the Malabar region of Kerala and has no link with the Munda tribe of Chota Nagpur.
- ✗ (c) The Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 was a peasant revolt in Bengal against planters who forced cultivators to grow indigo.
- ✓ (d) NCERT records that in 1899-1900 Birsa Munda led a widespread uprising known as Ulgulaan or the Great Tumult, in which tribal communities rejected colonial authority and tried to reclaim their land.
Remember · Ulgulan (Great Tumult) = Birsa Munda's uprising of 1899-1900 in Chota Nagpur; he was arrested in early 1900 and died in jail that year.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 8 Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Ch 2 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 8 · Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part 2), Chapter 2 “In 1899–1900, Birsa led a widespread uprising known as 'Ulgulaan' or the Great Tumult, mobilising tribal communities to reject colonial authority and reclaim their land.”
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