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	'''Jungle Mahals''', literally 'jungle estates',<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.54596.LATEST!7.forest%20tenures%20in%20west%20bengal.pdf Forest Tenures in the Jungle Mahals of South West Bengal]</ref> was a district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Bankura district\|Bankura]], [[Midnapore district\|Midnapore]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Midnapore \|volume=18 \|page=419}}</ref> and the hilly country of [[Chota Nagpur Plateau\|Chota Nagpur]] in what is now the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=omalley>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 21-41, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal</ref> The district was located in the area known as the [[Jungle Terry]],<ref>Browne, James (1788). ''India tracts: containing a description of the Jungle Terry districts, their revenues, trade, and government: with a plan for the improvement of them. Also an history of the origin and progress of the Sicks''</ref> ~~a thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups such as the [[Santhal people]] [[Bhumij]]~~		'''Jungle Mahals''', literally 'jungle estates',<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.54596.LATEST!7.forest%20tenures%20in%20west%20bengal.pdf Forest Tenures in the Jungle Mahals of South West Bengal]</ref> was a district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Bankura district\|Bankura]], [[Midnapore district\|Midnapore]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Midnapore \|volume=18 \|page=419}}</ref> and the hilly country of [[Chota Nagpur Plateau\|Chota Nagpur]] in what is now the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=omalley>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 21-41, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal</ref> The district was located in the area known as the [[Jungle Terry]].<ref>Browne, James (1788). ''India tracts: containing a description of the Jungle Terry districts, their revenues, trade, and government: with a plan for the improvement of them. Also an history of the origin and progress of the Sicks''</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The vagueness of the jurisdiction caused inconvenience. In 1805, Regulation XVIII was passed whereby the areas known as Jungle Mahals was separated from the jurisdiction of the ~~Magistrates~~ of the districts of [[Bardhaman district\|Burdwan]], Birbhum, Bankura and Midnapore and placed under a Magistrate of Jungle Mahals. The district thus formed was composed of 23 [[pargana]]s and mahals.		The vagueness of the jurisdiction caused inconvenience. In 1805, Regulation XVIII was passed whereby the areas known as Jungle Mahals was separated from the jurisdiction of the [[Magistrate]]s of the districts of [[Bardhaman district\|Burdwan]], Birbhum, Bankura and Midnapore and placed under a Magistrate of Jungle Mahals. The district thus formed was composed of 23 [[pargana]]s and mahals.

	By Regulation XIII of 1833, the district of Jungle Mahals was broken up. The estates of Senpahari, Shergarh and Bishnupur were transferred to [[Burdwan District]] and the remainder constituted the [[Manbhum District]].<ref name=omalley/>		By Regulation XIII of 1833, the district of Jungle Mahals was broken up. The estates of Senpahari, Shergarh and Bishnupur were transferred to [[Burdwan District]] and the remainder constituted the [[Manbhum District]].<ref name=omalley/>

			The area of Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore, Jhargram districts of West Bengal is still colloquially referred to as "Jungle Mahal".

			==Statehood Demand==
			In 2021, [[Saumitra Khan]], Lok Sabha [[BJP]] MP demanded the creation of Junglemahal state consisting of [[Purulia district\|Purulia]], [[Jhargram district\|Jhargram]], [[Bankura district\|Bankura]], parts of [[Birbhum district\|Birbhum]], [[Purba Medinipur district\|Purbo Medinipur]], [[Paschim Medinipur district\|Paschim Medinipur]] and along with some other areas. He claimed that the Junglemahal area is least development and the demands of employment and development for locals could be met only if it gets statehood. <ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jun/21/bengal-bjp-mp-seeks-separate-junglemahal-state-party-distances-itself-from-demand-2319495.amp\|title=Bengal BJP MP seeks separate Junglemahal state, party distances itself from demand\|newspaper=NewIndianExpress\|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref>

			The West Bengal state [[BJP]] unit, however, distanced itself from the Junglemahal statehood demand.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bjp-mp-seeks-separate-junglemahal-state-party-distances-itself-from-demand-7369524/lite/\|title=BJP MP seeks separate Junglemahal state, party distances itself from demand\|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> A Trinamool congress leader filed Complaint against Saumitra Khan for demanding statehood for Junglemahal.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tmc-leader-lodges-complaint-against-bjp-mps-for-demanding-separate-statehood-2469908%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off\|title=Trinamool Leader Lodges Complaint Against BJP MPs For Demanding Separate Statehood\|newspaper=NDTV\|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Chhota Nagpur Division]]		*[[Chhota Nagpur Division]]
	*[[Jungle Terry]] ~~adivashi dominated region where the chuar lived in forest and they lived in and with the help of forest resource. Britist nemed those regions jangalmahal~~		*[[Jungle Terry]]

	==References==		==References==

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'''Jungle Mahals''', literally 'jungle estates',<ref>[https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.54596.LATEST!7.forest%20tenures%20in%20west%20bengal.pdf Forest Tenures in the Jungle Mahals of South West Bengal]</ref> was a district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]], [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Midnapore district|Midnapore]]<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Midnapore |volume=18 |page=419}}</ref> and the hilly country of [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Chota Nagpur]] in what is now the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=omalley>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 21-41, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal</ref> The district was located in the area known as the [[Jungle Terry]],<ref>Browne, James (1788). ''India tracts: containing a description of the Jungle Terry districts, their revenues, trade, and government: with a plan for the improvement of them. Also an history of the origin and progress of the Sicks''</ref> a thickly forested region inhabited by tribal groups such as the [[Santhal people]] [[Bhumij]]

==History==
The vagueness of the jurisdiction caused inconvenience. In 1805, Regulation XVIII was passed whereby the areas known as Jungle Mahals was separated from the jurisdiction of the Magistrates of the districts of [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan]], Birbhum, Bankura and Midnapore and placed under a Magistrate of Jungle Mahals. The district thus formed was composed of 23 [[pargana]]s and mahals.

By Regulation XIII of 1833, the district of Jungle Mahals was broken up. The estates of Senpahari, Shergarh and Bishnupur were transferred to [[Burdwan District]] and the remainder constituted the [[Manbhum District]].<ref name=omalley/>

==See also==
*[[Chhota Nagpur Division]]
*[[Jungle Terry]] adivashi dominated region where the chuar lived in forest and they lived in and with the help of forest resource. Britist nemed those regions jangalmahal

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=V1o_PRCLOeMC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=jungle+mahals&source=bl&ots=dZto0Fdpmp&sig=VH9QNWhBalsaiobJbg9VoefA4tw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-3HkU6jRKozt8AXjxICADQ&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=jungle%20mahals&f=false The Jungle and the Aroma of Meats: An Ecological Theme in Hindu Medicine]
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