Lord Dalhousie’s annexation policy created resentment among the Indian states. The Hindus were afraid of losing their status as Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse police did not justify Hindu laws of adoption of son as a legal heir. Fear of conversion to Christianity among the Hindus also there. Dissatisfaction among the Indian soldier broke out as they were deprived of high salaries and the facilities what the British provided to the European soldiers. The tight economic policy of the British made the condition of the peasant more miserable by imposing heavy tax and unpopular revenue policies.
Chuar Uprising was started by aboriginal tribesmen of Midnapore district. The reason was famine, enhanced land revenue demands and economic distress. It lasted from 1766 to 1772 and again surfaced between 1759 and 1816.
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