Jungle Mahals

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Jungle Mahals was a former forested frontier district of British India in present-day West Bengal, known for its tribal population, rugged terrain, and history of resistance to colonial rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jungle Mahals canonical 2
Jungle Mahals Regulation 1805 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former district ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeStatus frontier district ⓘ
associatedWith resistance to revenue demands ⓘ
tribal uprisings ⓘ
borderedBy Chota Nagpur Plateau region ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon ⓘ
colonialAdministration subject to special regulations ⓘ
colonialPerception politically turbulent area ⓘ
wild frontier ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
culturalFeatures folk music and dance ⓘ
tribal festivals ⓘ
currentStatus no longer an official district ⓘ
dissolution 19th century administrative reorganization ⓘ
economy forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroups Ho ⓘ
Munda ⓘ
Santhal ⓘ
other Adivasi communities ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period ⓘ
knownFor resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
tribal population ⓘ
landUse rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
languageRegion Bengali ⓘ
various tribal languages ⓘ
legacy regional identity in parts of West Bengal ⓘ
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
present-day West Bengal ⓘ
naturalResources forest products ⓘ
minor minerals ⓘ
partOf Bengal Presidency ⓘ
presentIn Bankura district ⓘ
Jhargram district ⓘ
linked to: Jhargram

Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
Purulia district ⓘ
linked to: Purulia
religion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous tribal beliefs ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnits Bankura district ⓘ
Manbhum district ⓘ
Midnapore district ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
terrain forested ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
vegetation deciduous forests ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Purulia → historicalRegion → Jungle Mahals ⓘ
Manbhum district → precededBy → Jungle Mahals ⓘ
Jungle Mahals region → historicalEvent → Jungle Mahals Regulation 1805 ⓘ
linked to: Jungle Mahals