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Prior to the [[Colonial India|arrival of Europeans]] on the [[Indian subcontinent]], the Bengali countryside (comprised primarily of hills and rainforests) were not directly controlled by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal authorities]]. Local rulers, who paid [[tribute]] to the Mughals, held control over the area. In turn, the local rulers granted to inhabitants of the countryside tax-free lands in exchange for the military protection they provided to the former. The recipients of these land grants were called [[Paika (community)|Paika]]. However, after the East India Company annexed [[Bengal]] in the aftermath of the [[Seven Years' War]] and incorporated the region into the [[Bengal Presidency]], the Company administration stipulated that local rulers would now collect taxes from the Paika, which would go into the Company coffers. In response, the Paika [[Paika Rebellion|rose in revolt]], earning the derogatory nickname "Chuars" (meaning uncivilised in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203826010/chapters/10.4324/9780203826010-23 | title = The politics of belonging in India | publisher = Taylor & Francis Group |accessdate = 11 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="forward"/> | Prior to the [[Colonial India|arrival of Europeans]] on the [[Indian subcontinent]], the Bengali countryside (comprised primarily of hills and rainforests) were not directly controlled by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal authorities]]. Local rulers, who paid [[tribute]] to the Mughals, held control over the area. In turn, the local rulers granted to inhabitants of the countryside tax-free lands in exchange for the military protection they provided to the former. The recipients of these land grants were called [[Paika (community)|Paika]]. However, after the East India Company annexed [[Bengal]] in the aftermath of the [[Seven Years' War]] and incorporated the region into the [[Bengal Presidency]], the Company administration stipulated that local rulers would now collect taxes from the Paika, which would go into the Company coffers. In response, the Paika [[Paika Rebellion|rose in revolt]], earning the derogatory nickname "Chuars" (meaning uncivilised in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203826010/chapters/10.4324/9780203826010-23 | title = The politics of belonging in India | publisher = Taylor & Francis Group |accessdate = 11 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="forward"/> | ||
According to L.S.S. O’Malley, an EIC administrator who wrote the ''Bengal District Gazetteer'', "In March 1766 Government resolved to send an expedition into the country west and north-west of Midnapore in order to coerce them into paying revenue, and to capture and demolish as many of their strongholds as possible."<ref name="forward"/> Amongst the many dispossessed ''[[zamindar]]s'', those who lent support to the rebels included royalty such as Durjan Singh of Raipur, Managat Singh of Panchet, Ganga Narayan Singh of Birbhum, Dubraj Singh of Birbhum, the Rani Shiromani of | According to L.S.S. O’Malley, an EIC administrator who wrote the ''Bengal District Gazetteer'', "In March 1766 Government resolved to send an expedition into the country west and north-west of Midnapore in order to coerce them into paying revenue, and to capture and demolish as many of their strongholds as possible."<ref name="forward"/> Amongst the many dispossessed ''[[zamindar]]s'', those who lent support to the rebels included royalty such as Jagannath Singh of Dampara (Dhalbhum), Durjan Singh of Raipur, Baidyanath Singh of Dhalbhum, Managat Singh of Panchet, Raghunath Singh of Dhalbhum, Ganga Narayan Singh of Birbhum, Dubraj Singh of Birbhum, the Rani Shiromani of Karnagarh and Raja Madhu Singh of Manbhum.<ref name="sengupta"/> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||