Tana Bhagat Movement (1914-1920)

Subject : History

Concept:

It was a movement in Chhotanagpur area of British India against the policies of the local British authorities and exploitative business practices of local zamindars, mostly by Oraonpeaople.
The Tana Bhagats opposed the taxes imposed on them by the British colonial administration, staging a Satyagraha (civil disobedience movement) years before Mahatma Gandhi’s similar movement against British rule.
It was Organised by Jatra Bhagat, Turia Bhagat and other participants were Tana Bhagats, Oraon, Munda