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Below is given a chronological record of tribal and peasant revolts in India before independence from British rule in the 1947. The list covers those tribal uprisings that occurred during the period of [[British rule in India]].

==18th century==
*1770-1787 - [[Chakma people|Chakma]] revolt in [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]
*1774-1779: ''Halba Dongar'' by [[Halba (tribe)|Halba]] tribes in [[Bastar state]] against British armies and the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].
*1778: Revolt of the [[Malto people|Paharia]] Sardars of [[Chota Nagpur States|Chota Nagpur]] against the British
*1784-1785: Uprising of the [[Mahadev Kolis|Mahadev Koli]] tribes in [[Maharashtra]] and [[Tilka Manjhi]] of [[Santal people|Santal Tribe]]
*1789: Revolt of the Tamar of [[Chota Nagpur Division|Chotanagpur]] against British
*1794-1795: The Tamars revolted again
*1798: The revolt of the tribals against the sale of [[Panchet]] estate in Chotanagpur

==19th century==
*1812: The [[Kurichiya|Kurichiyar]] and [[Kurumba (tribe)|Kurumbar]] rebelled in [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]
*1825: [[Jingpo people|Singphos]] attacked and set fire to the British magazine at [[Sadiya]] in Assam
*1828: [[Jingpo people|Singphos]] Chief attacked Sadiya with 3000 tribal warriors
*1831-1832: [[Kol uprising]] of tribal peoples including the Ho and [[Munda people]] in Chota Nagpur
*1833: [[Bhumij revolt]] in [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] under Ganga Narayan Singh
*1843: [[Singpho people|Singpho]] Chief Nirang Phidu attacked the British garrison and killed several soldiers.
*1849: Kadma [[Singpho people|Singpho]] attacked British villages in Assam and was captured
*1850: The [[Khond]] tribe revolted in [[Orissa Tributary States]] under leadership of chief Bisoi
*1855: The [[Santhal rebellion|Santal Hul]] by the Santhal community against the British in [[Rajmahal hills|Rajmahal Hills]] led by Sido and Kanho
*1857: [[Chero]] and [[Kharwar]] revolt in Chota Nagpur as part of the wider [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 Rebellion]]
*1857-1858: The Bhil revolted between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges under the leadership of Bhagoji Naik and Kajar Singh as part of the 1857 rebellion
* 1859: The Andamanese in the [[Battle of Aberdeen (Andaman Islands)|Battle of Aberdeen]]
*1860: The [[Mizo people|Mizo]] raided [[Tripura (princely state)|Tripura state]] and killed 186 British subjects
*1860-1862: The [[Pnar people|Synteng]] revolt in the [[Khasi and Jaintia Hills|Jaintia Hills]] in [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]]
*1861: The [[Juang people|Juang]] community revolted in Orissa
*1862: The [[Koya (Malabar)|Koya]] community revolted in the [[Godavari District|Godavari district]] against ''Muttaders''
*1869-1870: The Santhals revolted at [[Dhanbad]] against a local monarch. The British mediated to settle dispute
*1879: The [[Naga people|Naga]] revolted in Assam
*1879: The Koya [[Rampa rebellion of 1879|revolted]] at Malkangiri in the [[Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency|Vishakapatnam Hill Tracts Agency]] under leadership of Tammandora
*1883: The [[Sentinelese people|Sentinelese]] tribal people of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] attacked the British
*1889: The mass agitation by the Munda against the British in Chota Nagpur
*1891: The [[Anglo-Manipur War|Anglo-Manipuri war]] where the British conquered the kingdom of Manipur
*1892: The Lushai people revolted against the British repeatedly
*1899-1900: Revolt by the Munda tribal community under leadership of [[Birsa Munda]]

==20th century==
*1910: [[Bastar rebellion]] in Bastar state of the [[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Provinces of Berar]]
*1913-1914: [[Tana Bhagat Movement|Tana Bhagat movement]] in Bihar
*1913: Revolt of Bhils in the Mangarh Hills of the Aravalli Range
*1917-1919: Kuki Uprising in Manipur against British colonial rule under the leadership of their chieftains called ''haosa''
*1920-1921: Tana Bhagat movement happened again
*1922: The Koya tribal community [[Rampa Rebellion of 1922|revolted]] at in the Godavari Agency against the British under leadership of [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]]
*1932: The Nagas revolted under leadership of 14-year old Rani Gaidinliu in [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]]
*1941: The Gond and the [[Kolam people|Kolam]] revolted in collaboration against British Government in the Adilabad district of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad state]]
*1942: Tribal revolt under leadership of Lakshmana Naik at [[Koraput]] in [[Kingdom of Jeypore|Jeypore state]]
*1942-1945: The tribes of Andaman and Nicobar islands revolted against occupation of their islands by Japanese troops during World War II

==References==
*Khan, Ismail. 1986. ''Indian tribe through the ages''. Vikas publishing house, New Delhi.
*Gautam Bhadra. 1975. "The Kuki (?) Uprising (1917-1919): Its causes and Nature," ''Man in India,'' vol.55,1, pp. 10–56
*Pattnaik .B. K., 2013. Tribal Resistance Movements and the Politics of Development Induced Displacement in Contemporary Orissa, Social Change, Vol. 43(1), pp 53–78
*Baviskar Amita. (1995). In the belly of the river, tribal conflict over development in the Narmada valley. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
*Das, Vidhya (2001). Mining bauxite, maiming people, Economic and Political Weekly, 36(28), July 14–20: 2612–14
*Oliver-Smith Anthony (2001). Displacement, resistance and the critique of development: From the grassroots to the global, Final report prepared for ESCOR R7644 and Research Programme on Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

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