A Review of Tribal Revolts in India: Consequences of the Revolts

Abstract

Tribals are clustered at the periphery of the mainstream culture and making up the lower stratum. Tribals, Adivasis, Aborigines typically existed on large regions of the western, middle, southern, eastern and north-eastern sections of the world in original words. They were relegated to a minority with the exception of the North East owing to the proliferation of outside parties and subject to dramatic changes. With few exceptions, especially the border tribes, most of the tribes had some sort of interaction with the mainstream society. The socio-economic distinction between them was considerably lower relative to conventional society. The tribes were economically united and had their own judicial structure. The colonial intervention and the triumvirate of merchant, money lender and income farmer in total have inferiorly disrupted the tribal identity. Indeed, racial links became a central characteristic of tribal revolt. The revolutionaries did not believe themselves to be a discreet party but a group title. The unity displayed at this stage was quite strong. Fellow tribal have never been targeted without working with the enemy.