About: Kol uprising

The Kol uprising, Kol rebellion, also known in British records as the Kol mutiny was a revolt of the tribal Kol people of Chhota Nagpur that took place between 1831 and 1832. It was due to economic exploitation brought on by the systems of land tenure and administration that had been introduced by the East India Company. Tribal people of Chotanagpur including Mundas, Oraons, Hos and Bhumijs were called Kols. They initially plunded and killed Sikh and muslims thikedars who collected taxes by different means. Later they also started to plunders and kill Hindus of nearby villages and burnt their houses. The insurgency was suppresed by killing of the leaders, their followers and arrest of many leaders by Thomas Wilkinson.