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In 1855 two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, called ten thousand people to their village and declared an end ...
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In March 1924 a Pulaya, an Ezhava and a Nair walked together toward a road beside the Vaikom temple that ...
Anglo-Kuki War 1917–19: The Great Forest Uprising
While the guns of World War One were thundering across the fields of Europe, a different kind of war was ...
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In April 1891 CE, on a small hill outside the village of Khongjom in Manipur, a Meitei commander named Major ...
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In 1872 CE, when the British Empire tightened its grip on the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, a warrior named Pa ...
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