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'''Tilka Majhi''' was an Indian freedom fighter the first [[Adivasi]] leader from [[Mal Paharia people|Paharia tribe]].<ref name="Madras Courier 2018">{{cite web | title=Tilka Manjhi: India's First and Forgotten Freedom Fighter | website=Madras Courier | date=2018-03-07 | url=https://madrascourier.com/biography/tilka-manjhi-indias-first-and-forgotten-freedom-fighter/ | access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> He took up arms against the British in the 1784, around 70 years before [[Mangal Pandey]]. He organized the Adivasis to form an armed group to fight against the resource grabbing and exploitation of British.<ref name="Madras Courier 2018" /><br />
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== History ==<br />
The year 1784 is considered as the first armed rebellion against the British and was the beginning of '''paharia.''' It was due to [[Great Bengal famine of 1770|great famine in 1770]] and the consequences of [[List of East India Company directors|Court of Directors]] orders influenced by [[William Pitt the Younger]]—Court of Director issued ten year of the settlement of [[Zamindari]] and later in 1800 - this resulted in minimum chance to negotiate between local Zamdindars and Santhal villagers. Baba Tilka Majhi attacked [[Augustus Cleveland]], British commissioner [lieutenant], and Rajmahal with a [[Gulel]] (a weapon similar to slingshot) who died later. The British surrounded the [[Tilapore forest]] from which he operated but he and his men held them at bay for several weeks. When he was finally caught in 1784, he was tied to the tail of a horse and dragged all the way to the collector's residence at [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar, India]]. There, his lacerated body was hung from a Banyan tree.<ref name="India Study Channel 2014">{{cite web | title=Biography of Tilka Majhi (1750 – 1785) | website=India Study Channel | date=2014-10-07 | url=https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/165593-Biography-of-Tilka-Majhi-1750-1785.aspx | access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><br />
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A statue to him was erected at the spot where he was hanged, after [[Partition of India|Indian independence]], which is the nearby residence of S.P. Bhagalpur and named after him. Also, the Bhagalpur University was renamed after him - [[Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University]].<ref name="Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University – TMBU – Bhagarlpur – Bihar – TMBU Official website 1960">{{cite web | title=TILKA MANJHI BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE – Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University – TMBU – Bhagarlpur – Bihar | website=Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University – TMBU – Bhagarlpur – Bihar – TMBU Official website | date=1960-07-12 | url=http://tmbuniv.ac.in/tilka-manjhi-bhagalpur-university-at-a-glance/ | access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><br />
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