The fall of Bastille emboldened the NationalAssembly to abolish feudalism in the country.Shaken by the turn of events, the king alsoaccepted the formation of a national assembly.The Church was asked to forego its privileges andabolish the tithe. In 1791, the National Assemblydrafted the constitution by which the powers ofthe king were limited. It also proposed to havethree different organs: executive, legislativeand judiciary. The members of the NationalAssembly were indirectly elected by a group ofelectors. The electors were voted by the malecitizens, who were above 25 years of age andwho paid taxes. Thus the majority of the citizens
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monarchs and so they sent their troops toFrance to contain the revolution. Meanwhilethe National Assembly declared war againstAustria and Prussia. On hearing this, people12th class Economics MLMfrom various parts of France united to fight theforeign forces. A group of people from the placeof Marseilles proceeded to Paris by singing theMarseillaise song. regimentand twoSubedars and the Jamedar Sheik Kasim of the1st battalion of the 1st regiment. Vellore Revolthad all the forebodings of the Great Rebellion of1857. The only difference was that there was nocivil rebellion following the mutiny. The 1806revolt was not confined to Vellore Fort. It had its echoes in Bellary, Walajabad, Hyderabad,Bengaluru, Nandydurg, and Sankaridurg.
Santhals, scattered in various parts ofeastern India, when forced to move out of theirhomeland during the process of creation ofzamins under Permanent Settlement, clearedthe forest area around the Rajmahal Hills.They were oppressed by the local police andthe European officers engaged in the railwayconstruction. Pushed out of their familiar habitat, the Santhals were forced to rely on the moneylenders for their subsistence.Soon they were trapped in a vicious circleof debt and extortion. Besides this, Santhalsalso felt neglected under the corrupt Britishadministration and their inability to render justice to their legitimate grievances.One of the prominent tribal rebellionsof this period occurred in Ranchi, known asUlugulan rebellion (Great Tumult).The Mundapeople were familiar with the co-operative orcollective farming known as Khuntkatti (jointholding) land system. It was totally erodedby the introduction of private ownershipof land and the intrusion of merchants andmoneylenders. The Munda people were alsoforcefully recruited as indentured labourers towork on plantations. In the 1890s tribal chiefsoffered resistance against the alienation oftribal people from their land and imposition ofbethbegari or forced labour.
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