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What was the land associated with Santhals called in nineteenth-century India? |
Diku Damin-i-Koh Paharia Jangal |
Damin-i-Koh |
The correct answer is Option (2) → Damin-i-Koh "Damin-i-Koh" was the term used to describe the land associated with the Santhal people in nineteenth-century India. The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh. This was declared to be the land of the Santhals. They were to live within it, practise plough agriculture, and become settled peasants. The land grant to the Santhals stipulated that at least one-tenth of the area was to be cleared and cultivated within the first ten years. The territory was surveyed and mapped. Enclosed with boundary pillars, it was separated from both the world of the settled agriculturists of the plains and the Paharias of the hills. |