During the period of British rule, India saw the rebellions of several backward-castes, mainly tribals that revolted against British rule. These were:.[59]
1. Great Kuki Invasion of 1860s
2. Halba rebellion (1774–79)
3. Chamka rebellion (1776–1787)[60]
4. Chuar rebellion in Bengal (1795–1800)[61]
5. Bhopalpatnam Struggle (1795)
6. Khurda Rebellion in Odisha (1817)[62]
7. Bhil rebellion (1822–1857)[63]
8. Paralkot rebellion (1825)
9. Tarapur rebellion (1842–54)
10. Maria rebellion (1842–63)
11. First Freedom Struggle (1856–57)
12. Bhil rebellion, begun by Tantya Tope in Banswara (1858)[64]
13. Koi revolt (1859)
14. Gond rebellion, begun by Ramji Gond in Adilabad (1860)[65]
15. Muria rebellion (1876)
16. Rani rebellion (1878–82)
17. Bhumkal (1910)
18. The Kuki Uprising (1917–1919)in Manipur
19. 1st Rampa Rebellion (1879), Vizagapatnam (Now Visakhapatnam Dist.)
20. 2nd Rampa Rebellion (1921–1923), Visakhapatnam Dist.
21. Santhal Revolt (1885–1886)
Scarification, a traditional symbol of Great Andamanese tribal identity (1901 photo)
Adivasis of India
Like all tribal people across the globe, the Adivasi of India were happy to live in lives that were uncomplicated by money. Till recently, they were living in harmony with their surroundings.
The forest gave them food, clothing, material for housing and medicine. Like the Japanese, who believe in Shinto, the Adivasi believe in the divine nature of "Nature". To them, all things are imbibed with the divine spirit and are deserving of respect. Later, Hinduism absorbed their Gods and Goddesses in to its rich tapestry of scriptures, myths and legands and added their myths and legends to its own.
Adivasi used