Stephen Hislop : Pioneer Missionary & Naturalist in Central India From 1844 to 1863
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With the exception of two or three young officials, like Brown and Augustus Cleveland, the English Government of India ignored the existence of hill tribes, while unconsciously 1855 THE OPPRESSED ABORIGINAL TEIBES 183 arming the Hindus and their own native subordinates with the weapons of law, police, and excise, to deceive and ruin them. When the oppression became so keen that life was impossible, the tribes would rise, and " a little war " would follow, in which half a generation of their you...ng men would be shot down, and the survivors would be shut in to their hills still more straitly. At last, in 1855, the time came for political justice. The Santals, some two hundred miles to the north of Calcutta, rose in insurrection.
Having put it down, and having an officer like the late Sir George Yule to put in charge of them as a civilian, the Marquis of Dalhousie decreed that their children should be educated by the Christian missionaries, half the expense to be borne by the Government. One of the last acts of the expiring Court of Directors of the East India Company was, under a panic caused by the Mutiny of 1857, to censure the arrangement.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
With the exception of two or three young officials, like Brown and Augustus Cleveland, the English Government of India ignored the existence of hill tribes, while unconsciously 1855 THE OPPRESSED ABORIGINAL TEIBES 183 arming the Hindus and their own native subordinates with the weapons of law, police, and excise, to deceive and ruin them. When the oppression became so keen that life was impossible, the tribes would rise, and " a little war " would follow, in which half a generation of their you...ng men would be shot down, and the survivors would be shut in to their hills still more straitly. At last, in 1855, the time came for political justice. The Santals, some two hundred miles to the north of Calcutta, rose in insurrection.
Having put it down, and having an officer like the late Sir George Yule to put in charge of them as a civilian, the Marquis of Dalhousie decreed that their children should be educated by the Christian missionaries, half the expense to be borne by the Government. One of the last acts of the expiring Court of Directors of the East India Company was, under a panic caused by the Mutiny of 1857, to censure the arrangement.
What to read after Stephen Hislop : Pioneer Missionary & Naturalist in Central India From 1844 to 1863?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Smith to read onlineMoreLess
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