Narratives from the Margins: Aspects of Adivasi History in India (Revised and Enlarged)

EDITOR: Sanjukta Das Gupta and Raj Sekhar

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Adivasis have principally been studied in the context of rebellion, environmental history and the politics of identity. However, preoccupations with definitions and notions of identity, while important in themselves, tend to shift attention away from the inner lives of these communities. This book deals with different aspects of the histories of adivasi communities — from Rajasthan in the west to Bengal and Orissa in the east.
The essays in this book discuss a range of issues affecting the socio-economic and cultural life of adivasis and explore the long term continuities and discontinuities between different political regimes. They also reflect some of the new concerns that have come up relating to methodology and sources, historiography and colonial concerns, the impact of missionaries, gender issues, the agrarian situation, famines and migration.
Some of the issues addressed in this volume are the genesis and development of ‘tribal’ studies in India during the colonial period; the peasantization of adivasi groups and their assimilation within the Hindu caste fold as reflected in Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas; the work of the Protestant missions among the Santals of Chotanagpur; the social and ritual relations between the Bhils and the Rajput ruling dynasties of Dungarpur in southern Rajasthan; the aspect of agrarian change among the Hos of Singhbhum; the factors behind the migration from Chotanagpur, its nature and organization and its impact upon the adivasi village community; the question of women’s agency in colonial Chotanagpur; and an exploration of land rights, witchcraft, employment patterns and how women challenged patriarchy in their everyday lives; and the impact of globalisation and liberalization upon adivasis in contemporary India.
The book will be of use to students and scholars of history, anthropology and sociology and also to policy-planners.

The Editors
Sanjukta Das Gupta is the ICCR India Chair Professor of Modern Indian History at Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. She has earlier served as Associate Professor at the University of Calcutta and is an Associate Editor of The Calcutta Historical Journal. Her research interests include agrarian history and rural societies of India. She has co-edited Narratives of the Excluded: Caste Issues in Colonial India (2008) and has published extensively in academic journals and edited volumes. She is the author of Adivasis and the Raj: Socio-economic Transition of the Hos, 1820-1932 (2011).
Raj Sekhar Basu is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, University of Calcutta. He has specialized in the history of marginal groups in south India. He has received several international fellowships and has contributed extensively to national and international journals and edited volumes. He has co-edited Narratives of the Excluded: Caste Issues in Colonial India (2008). His monographs include Many Varieties of Dalit Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial India (2010) and Nandanar’s Children: Paraiyar’s Tryst with Destiny, Tamilnadu 1850-1956 (2011).

Contributors
Raj Sekhar Basu l B.B. Chaudhuri l Tripti Chaudhuri l Sanjukta Das Gupta l Marco Fattori l Giorgio Milanetti l Daniel J. Rycroft l Samita Sen l Shashank Sekhar Sinha l Nandini Sundar

Adivasis have principally been studied in the context of rebellion, environmental history and the politics of identity. However, preoccupations with definitions and notions of identity, while important in themselves, tend to shift attention away from the inner lives of these communities. This book deals with different aspects of the histories of adivasi communities — from Rajasthan in the west to Bengal and Orissa in the east.
The essays in this book discuss a range of issues affecting the socio-economic and cultural life of adivasis and explore the long term continuities and discontinuities between different political regimes. They also reflect some of the new concerns that have come up relating to methodology and sources, historiography and colonial concerns, the impact of missionaries, gender issues, the agrarian situation, famines and migration.
Some of the issues addressed in this volume are the genesis and development of ‘tribal’ studies in India during the colonial period; the peasantization of adivasi groups and their assimilation within the Hindu caste fold as reflected in Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas; the work of the Protestant missions among the Santals of Chotanagpur; the social and ritual relations between the Bhils and the Rajput ruling dynasties of Dungarpur in southern Rajasthan; the aspect of agrarian change among the Hos of Singhbhum; the factors behind the migration from Chotanagpur, its nature and organization and its impact upon the adivasi village community; the question of women’s agency in colonial Chotanagpur; and an exploration of land rights, witchcraft, employment patterns and how women challenged patriarchy in their everyday lives; and the impact of globalisation and liberalization upon adivasis in contemporary India.
The book will be of use to students and scholars of history, anthropology and sociology and also to policy-planners.

The Editors
Sanjukta Das Gupta is the ICCR India Chair Professor of Modern Indian History at Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. She has earlier served as Associate Professor at the University of Calcutta and is an Associate Editor of The Calcutta Historical Journal. Her research interests include agrarian history and rural societies of India. She has co-edited Narratives of the Excluded: Caste Issues in Colonial India (2008) and has published extensively in academic journals and edited volumes. She is the author of Adivasis and the Raj: Socio-economic Transition of the Hos, 1820-1932 (2011).
Raj Sekhar Basu is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, University of Calcutta. He has specialized in the history of marginal groups in south India. He has received several international fellowships and has contributed extensively to national and international journals and edited volumes. He has co-edited Narratives of the Excluded: Caste Issues in Colonial India (2008). His monographs include Many Varieties of Dalit Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial India (2010) and Nandanar’s Children: Paraiyar’s Tryst with Destiny, Tamilnadu 1850-1956 (2011).

Contributors
Raj Sekhar Basu l B.B. Chaudhuri l Tripti Chaudhuri l Sanjukta Das Gupta l Marco Fattori l Giorgio Milanetti l Daniel J. Rycroft l Samita Sen l Shashank Sekhar Sinha l Nandini Sundar

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii-viii
Abbreviations ix
Preface xi-xiii
Introduction Sanjukta Das Gupta 1-16
Tulsidas and the Conversion of the Tribals Notes for a New Reading of the Ramcharitmanas Giorgio Milanetti 17-46
Towards an Understanding of the Tribal World of Colonial Eastern India B.B. Chaudhuri 47-82
Evangelical or Imperial? Re-examining the Missionary Agenda among the Santhals, 1855–1885 Tripti Chaudhuri 83-126
The Bhil and the Rajput Kingdoms of Southern Rajasthan Marco Fattori 127-152
Colonial Rule and Agrarian Transition in Singhbhum Sanjukta Das Gupta 153-177
‘Kidnapping in Chotanagpur’: Recruitment for Assam Tea Plantations in a ‘Tribal’ Area Samita Sen 179-214
Adivasi Movements and Beyond: Patriarchy, Hegemony,and Women’s Agency in Chotanagpur Shashank Sekhar Sinha 215-236
Adivasi Politics and State Responses: Historical Processes and Contemporary Concerns Nandini Sundar 237-254
Beyond Resistance: Idioms and Memories of Insurgency in the Adivasi Movement in Jharkhand Daniel J. Rycroft 255-274
Select Bibliography 275-289
Notes on Editors and Contributors 291-293
Index 295-298

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