The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area was declared to be land of the Santhals. It was demarcated as-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Damin-i-Koh
In 1832 the Company marked out a large tract in the Rajmahal hills for the Santhals and called it Damin-i-Koh, literally “the skirts of the hills”. The Santhals were required to clear the forest, settle down and cultivate it, and pay revenue.
Growing revenue demands, moneylenders and traders drove them into debt and led to the Santhal rebellion of 1855–56. The word dikus was what the Santhals called those outsiders, mahua is a forest flower they used, and bargadars were sharecroppers of Bengal.