Rangpur Dhing Rebellion 1783
Rangpur Dhing Rebellion 1783
Section titled “Rangpur Dhing Rebellion 1783”2020-04-26 19:37:45
- 1783 north Bengal due to very high demand of revenue by the Govt.
- Pressed by rev farming sys, contractors like Debi Singh or Ganga Singh, illegal cess
- Initial petition unheeded.
- Raised huge army w/ bows, arrows, swords attacked Cutchery, looted grains, released prisoners
- Hindu Muslims Unity.
Sugata Bose : invoked symbols of precolonial era
- Called their leader nawab, started own gov.
- Suppressed, reforms in revenue farming sys.
- Imposed levy for insurrection on peasantry.
- Public conferences, assemblies, planning.