Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:
Why did the zamindars hire the Santhals?
Options:
To reclaim the land from the Hill people.
To expand cultivation.
Both options, 1 and 2.
None of the options.
Correct Answer:
Both options, 1 and 2.
Explanation:
The Santhals had begun to come into Bengal around the 1780s. Zamindars hired them to reclaim land and expand cultivation, and British officials invited them to settle in the Jangal Mahals.