Match the 18th and 19th-century tribal and peasant uprisings in colonial India listed in Column I with their primary economic causes and administrative policy triggers listed in Column II:
- Paika Rebellion (1817)Depreciation of local cowrie currency, artificial salt monopoly, and resumption of rent-free militia lands
- Chuar Uprising (1798–1799)Auctioning of ancestral Paikan lands to non-resident Bengalis and heavy revenue demands in Jungle Mahals
- Ramosi Uprising (1825–1826)Loss of hereditary hill-police rights (watans) and heavy land assessment following Peshwa territory annexation
- Rampa Rebellion (1879)Imposition of an Abkari tax on toddy tapping and encroachment upon traditional Muttadari rights
Answer
Paika Rebellion (1817) matches with Depreciation of local cowrie currency, artificial salt monopoly, and resumption of rent-free militia lands; Chuar Uprising (1798–1799) matches with Auctioning of ancestral Paikan lands to non-resident Bengalis and heavy revenue demands in Jungle Mahals; Ramosi Uprising (1825–1826) matches with Loss of hereditary hill-police rights (watans) and heavy land assessment following Peshwa territory annexation; Rampa Rebellion (1879) matches with Imposition of an Abkari tax on toddy tapping and encroachment upon traditional Muttadari rights.
Each uprising directly matches its historical cause: the Paika Rebellion (1817) was provoked by cowrie currency collapse, salt monopoly, and militia land resumptions; the Chuar Uprising (1798–1799) was caused by auctioning ancestral lands to non-resident Bengalis; the Ramosi Uprising (1825–1826) resulted from the loss of hereditary hill-police rights (watans) post-Peshwa annexation; and the Rampa Rebellion (1879) was driven by the Abkari tax on toddy tapping and Muttadari exploitation.
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Socio-economic triggers, land tenure disruptions, and administrative causes of 18th and 19th-century peasant and tribal uprisings in colonial India.