Archaelogy: Most of the materials of archaeological importance collected from Sitagara hills are scripted on gray sandstone. Among these, a Stupa made up of four pictures of Gautam Buddha is worth mentioning. Chinese traveller, Fa - Hein has mentioned in his writings about the remnants of a Buddha monastery of sixth century have been found in the Sitagara hill (Hazaribagh).More... Important Tribal Revolts / Movements: The British first made their entry into Jharkhand from Singhbhum Manbhum. The first revolt against the British commenced in this area. Soon after the entry of the British into Singhbhum in 1767 there was a tremendous revolt under the leadership of the sacked king, Jagannath Dhal. That is known as the 'Dhal Revolt'. Dhal Revolt continued for 10 years.More... Rebellion of 1857 and Jharkhand: The rebellian of 1857 began in Jharkhand on 12th June 1857 in the village Rohini in Deogarh district, with the soldiers rebelling in the army. Army’s 32nd regiment, under the leadership of Major Mcdonald had camped In this village . Three soldiers in this regiment had rebelled and murdered Lt. Norman Lesli. Soldiers of Hazaribagh and Ramgarh revolted on 30th July and Ranchi was the main centre of the rebellion.More... Historical Age: Budhhism had a deep impact on the Chotanagpur region. Even today, remnants of Budhhism are found in Jharkhand. The Buddhist shrines of Dalsi and Budhpur of Dhanbad are prominent among them. 3 KM south-west of the Khunti town in the Ranchi district, there is a village Belwadag where one hillock looks like Buddhist Vihar More... Jharkhand in Medieval Times: The word Jharkhand was first used for the tribal areas of Chotanagpur during the medieval times. It was first mentioned on a copper plate in the 13th century. During those times, this region was organized as a distinct and separate geographical unit. In the beginning of medieval times, there were many small Hindu and semi-Hindu states in Chotanagpur. Kokra's Nagvanshis, Singhbhum's Singhvansh and Manbhum's Man dynasty were prominent among them.More...
Three main dynasties were established in Jharkhand during the ancient times. They are : - Chotanagpur's Nag dynasty; Raxsails of Palamau; and Singhbhum's Singh dynasty. The Dynasties were of Sutia Pahan, Nag Dynasty of ChotaNagpur and Palamu's Raxial Dynasty.More... Jharkhand in Modern Times: After 1765, British rule started being extended to Jharkhand.East India Company captured Palamau fort in 1771.East India Company conquered Ramgarh in 1772.More...
The word Jharkhand was first used in the medieval period for the tribal region of Chotanagpur. It was inscribed. in the 13th century on a copper plate. It developed as a clear and separate segment in this period. The demand for Jharkhand as a separate state is centuries old. J. Barthelemon is known as the father of Jharkhand agitation. Jharkhand was a part of Bengal and later Bihar during the British Rule. The first inter caste Adivasi organisation - "Chotanagpur Unnati Samaj" was set up in 1915. A planned struggle for a separate state commenced in 1928.More... Freedom Fighters: Tilka Majhi, Bhagiath Majhi,Buddhu Bhagat ,Birsa Munda , Siddhu and kanhu,Sheik Bhikari, Raza Thakur, Vishwanath Shadev Pandey Ganpat Rai, Nilamber - Pitamber, Tilkait Umraon Singh , Babu Ram Narayan Singh,Krishna Ballabah Sahay.More... Ancient History of Tribes: Kharia, Birhor and Asur are the oldest tribes of Chotanagpur. Munda, Oraon and Ho tribes came to Jharkhand later. Korva's appeared between the ancient times and the later times. Chero, Kharwar, Bhumij and Santhal tribes came after the arrival of Munda, Oraon and Ho tribes. Thus the historical order of the arrival of tribes is : Kharia, Birhor, Asur, Korva, Munda, Oraon, Ho, Chero, Khervar, Bhumij, Santhal. More Freedom Movement Revolutionary Terroism: Jharkhand was part of the combined Bengal before 1912.Therefore the revolutionary movement in revolutionaries led by Ganesh Chandra Ghosh.Nirmal Chandra Banerjee had got a leaflet with the title "Our Independent India" pasted on a pillar in Giridih in 1913. These leaflets were brought to Giridih by Jeevan Christo Roy son of Indrabhushan Roy of 24 Paragana Some students of St. Columba's College had joined the revolutionaries Student Ram Vinod Singh was given the title "Jatin Bagha". He was arrested on 14 December 1918.Deoghar was a prominent centre of the revolutionaries. |
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