King Nongbah: In 1862, this young man led the people of Jaintiya Hills against the English imposition taxes. They seized seven British regiments for three days. But soon Nongbah and his men could not face the superior military might of English. Finally in December 1862, he was caught and hanged.
Govind Guru: Dharmacharya Govind Guru was the founder of the Samp Sabha, an organisation dedicated to fighting British rule as well as the feudal Indian princes. On December 7, 1908, about fifteen hundreds of Bhil tribals, Dalits and others were gunned down when they gathered under Govind Guru to protest against English and their allies at Mangarh hills in south Rajastan. Later in 1913, he was killed by the British.
Teji Meriden: A freedom fighter from Lohit district of Arunachal district of Arunachal Pradesh. In 1905, he killed three British officers and united fellows from Mishimi tribe against the British rule. He was caught in 1917 and the next year died in the gallows.
Marumakkathayam (marumakan = nephew; dayam = inheritance/gift) is a matrilinear system of inheritance which was followed by castes of Royal Families, Nayars, most of the Ambalavasis,Arayars, Ezhava , some tribal groups and Mappilas in North Malabar of Kerala state, South India. It was one of the few traditional systems that gave women some liberty, and the right to property
Brahmadeya: The Brahmadeya, or the agrahara, was a popular donation system in south India where king issued land grants to Brhamana, in return of agricultural expansion.
Granted villages were also known as Agrahara and they were a small administrative unit.
Haileybury College: In 1806, originally established as The East India Company College for the training of English officials in Indian administration. In 1862, it was named as Haileybury College.
