Tribals Role in National Movement

About the Book The book is an attempt to uncover the unexposed aspects of tribal contribution in the freedom movement of our country. The author has done appreciable research work and brought to the light certain new finding so far not know to the Historians of the country. The contribution of Elite class has been exposed sufficiently, but that of lower class and the tribals have not been properly exposed earlier which has been done in this book.

Mahatama Gandhi said "The Earth provide enough to satisfy everyman’s needs but not everyman greed." It was the greed of the Britishers which anguish the innocent tribal peoples to raise their heads with a feeling to liberate their land. Without knowing much about national and International ramification of their struggle the tribals continued to fight the Britishers to safeguard what is known as their culture and their motherland.

This book is unique because it covers certain details which have not come in any other book, symposium, or discussions. From.this point of view this book is unique and original. The students of history will find it interesting and the lucid style of expression will fix their eyes on the book.

About the Author Dr. Sunita Prasad, M.A., M. Ed., Ph. D. is a historian of repute and she has profound interest in the role of tribal people in the Indian National Movement. Born to Sri Rameshwar Prasad a Senior Deputy Secretary of Bihar Government, she completed her education with a distinguished records from Patna University. She has more than twenty years of teaching experience as a Lecturer of history imparting Undergraduate, Honours and Post Graduate teaching to the students of SS Memorial Women College, Patna and A. N. College, Patna, Married to Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, M.D., Ph. D., Prof. and Head of the Department of Patna Medical College, Patna. Her father in law, Late Mr. Justice Phani Bhushan Prasad judge in Patna High Court, was the guiding spirit for her academic development.

Dr. Sunita Prasad has diversified social activities and she is involved in almost all the Gandhian Committees working in Bihar to promote Gandhian thought. She is also working as the Principal of Kamla Nehru Sishu Vihar High School, Patna. She has two sons the elder being Rahul Bhushan is a MBBS student at the prestigious Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and younger son Rohan is a student at St. Michals High School, Patna.

Foreword The book is an attempt to uncover the unexposed aspects of tribal contribution in the freedom movement of our country. The author has done appreciable research work and has brought to the light certain new findings so far not known to the Historians of the country till date the contribution of Elite class has been exposed sufficiently, but that of lower class and the tribals have not been properly exposed by earlier historians and social scientists. This has been done in the present book with exhaustive literatures and facts.

Mahatma Gandhi said "The Earth provide enough to satisfy everyman needs but not everyman greed". It was the greed of the Britishers which anguish the innocent tribal peoples to raise their heads with a feeling to liberate their land. Without knowing much about National and International ramification of their struggle the tribals continued to fight the Britishers to safeguard what is known as their culture and their motherland.

Introduction Tribals played an important role in the freedom movement of India. They were actively involved in almost all phases of the freedom movement which approximately covers a long period of 90 years i.e. from 1857 to 1947 A.D.1 This book attempts to analyse the freedom movement from 1857 A.D. to 1947 A.D. with special reference to the role of tribals. In other words, the role played by the people, political activists, political leaders and public leaders of tribal area in the freedom movement of India from 1857 A.D. to 1947 A.D. has been analysed intensively in this book.

Whenever history is to be written, persons entrusted with this responsibility are invited to have a glance of it as a painting hung in a gallery without being much anxious about what would have occurred in the studios they come from. In such a situation, a good number of the side issues become completely ignored and many areas of discussion were omitted, because great events and personalities exert heavy influence on our heads. The story begins to be organic only when one ploughs through the smaller people, the opponents and the disciples of the great, the ordinary men and the simple folk. However, the essence and the spirit of history is to understand fully the character of both great and small men who happened to have been involved in the drama, their motives, successes and failures.

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