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.
During the time of Lord Hastings, the Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in the year 1822. As per the act, the tenant enjoyed the hereditary right over the land with payment of rent.
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