This work is a complete account of probably the best-known millenarian movement in tribal India. The movement of the Mundas led by Birsa was typical of the resi

Situating Birsa Munda as the canon, the book demonstrates how political parties and civil societies mobilise and reproduce his memory.

Life and activities of Birsa Munda, 1874-1901, a leader in the peasant movement against the British policy on land distribution system in Bihar.

Historians have generally focused on the ‘extraordinary’ forms of protest while speaking of the lives of oppressed social groups, but the basic survival str

Adivasis have principally been studied in the context of rebellion, environmental history and the politics of identity. However, preoccupations with definitions