RAS question
According to the cited account, which entity is identified as the place where the first Bhil revolt began after new revenue pressure on Bhils?
Correct answer: (A) Udaipur State.
The first Bhil revolt after the new revenue pressure on Bhils began in Udaipur State.
Explanation
Udaipur State is the answer because the earliest Bhil rising is placed in the 1818 Mewar-Udaipur setting. Mewar entered a subsidiary-alliance treaty with the British East India Company in January 1818, after which British influence over administration and revenue deepened. Colonel James Tod's tighter control over the Bhils and the attempted abolition of their customary Rakhwali and Bolai taxes created the grievance that sparked revolt. Page 044 connects new revenue pressure on Bhils with the 1818 revolt and identifies Udaipur State as the starting place. The other options belong to later disturbances or to a policing force, not the first revolt's location.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Banswara State is tied to later Bhil unrest, especially the 1872-75 phase, so it shifts the chronology away from the first 1818 revolt.
- (C) The Mewar Bhil Corps was a force used in later control and suppression, not a territorial place where the first Bhil revolt began.
- (D) Kherwara appears with later disturbances around 1861, while the first revolt is linked to Udaipur State in the 1818 context.
Concept
This tests tribal resistance in Rajasthan under colonial and princely-state pressure, especially how revenue control and interference with customary rights triggered Bhil uprisings. It recurs in RAS because Rajasthan History asks candidates to place tribal movements in the correct chronology and political geography.