CONTENTS Preface 5 Acknowledgements 9 List of the Contributors 13 1. Resurrecting A Tribal Leader from Oblivion : Gono Pingua and the Revolt of 1857-59 by Asoka Kumar Sen 15 2. Situating the Tribes of Palamau in the Revolt of 1857-58 in Jharkhand by Indra Kumar Choudhary28 3. Assertion and Reassertion as Jharkhandi: A History of the Indigenous People 1763-2007 by Pashnpati Prasad Mahato 43 4. Anti-Colonial Movements in Jharkhand and Gender Visibility by Sujata Singh 58 5. Zamindars, Christian Missionaries and Tribals of Chotanagpur on the eve of Sardari Larai by Chittaranjan Kumar Paty 79 6. Mnlkui Larai in Chotanagpur : The Genesis and Impact by A.K. Chattoraj 92 7. Alien Construct and Tribal Contestation in Colonial Chotanagpur : The Medium of Christianity by Joseph Bara 102 8. Socio-religious Movements and the Evolution of Religious Identity among the Adivasis of Jharkhand by Padmaja Sen 121 9. Industries, Mines and Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples : The Case of Chotanagpur by Mathew Areeparampil 142 10. Indigenous Movements for a Separate State-Jharkhand during the Twentieth Century by Asha Mishra 169 11. Assertion of Identity over Jal, Jungle and Jameen in Singhbhum 1947-2007 by Lalita Sundi 185 Index 200