Learn movement–region–date–cause–leader pairs. Do not merge tribal resistance with all peasant agitations: land alienation, forest controls, moneylending, rent and indigo cultivation varied by locality.
High-yield movements
Movement
Safe clue
Santhal Hul
1855–56; Sidhu and Kanhu; Rajmahal hills; present Jharkhand.
Kol uprising
1831–32; Chotanagpur; Budhu Bhagat is a key name.
Munda Ulgulan
1899–1900; Birsa Munda; Chotanagpur.
Indigo revolt
1859–60; Bengal; resistance to coercive indigo cultivation.
Pabna agrarian unrest
1873–76; Bengal; tenant resistance.
Deccan riots
1875; Maharashtra; conflict involving indebted cultivators and moneylenders.