Jangal Santhal, known as Jangal Santal was an Indian political activist.
36 Facts About Jangal Santhal
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Jangal Santhal was from Hatighisa village, Darjeeling district in north West Bengal, was one of the founders of the Naxalite movement.
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Jangal Santhal stood unsuccessfully for elections in February 1957 and 1962 as a Communist Party of India candidate and in 1967 on the Communist Party of India ticket.
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Jangal Santhal was one of the primary mobilizers and organizers of the uprising in Naxalbari and subsequent Naxalite movement that spread throughout India.
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Jangal Santhal disappeared from public life at the same time.
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Jangal Santhal was a worker in the Kamalpur Tea Estate, Bagdogra, in the district of Darjeeling.
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Jangal Santhal moved to Naxalbari in West Bengal, India with his mother, two brothers, and sister after his father's death.
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In Naxalbari Jangal Santhal worked as a share-cropper under a jotedar named Durlabh Mohammad.
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Jangal Santhal had a second wife and children with her.
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Kisan Sabha was a peasants front of the Communist Party of India which Jangal Santhal was a member of in 1952 and where he gained basic knowledge of politics.
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The goal was to force the government and get detainees out of jail; however, the movement failed, and people involved were tortured forcing Jangal Santhal to leave Nepal and go back to Naxalbari in 1950.
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The Tebhaga Movement was the first movement Jangal Santhal got involved in.
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In 1952 Jangal Santhal had a conflict with jotedar, Serket Sing of Hatighisa, about the tebhaga issue.
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Leaders like Jangal Santhal continued to organize peasants and tea garden workers urging them grab excess land and revolt against exploitations by the landlords.
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The Naxalbari uprising was a continuation of the Tebhaga Movement which is where Jangal Santhal learned valuable lessons and organized plantation and agricultural workers.
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Jangal Santhal was around the tea garden workers daily and witnessed their struggles.
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Tea garden workers were exploited and tortured by joetedars on various occasions and Jangal Santhal helped to search for illegal land of the jotedars.
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Jangal Santhal played important roles in the strike of the worker to demand payment bonuses for the workers.
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Jangal Santhal led a movement to remove a water blockade to help a farmer when an owner of the Chaupukhuria tea garden stopped supplying irrigation water to the farmer's land.
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On 18 March 1967, Jangal Santhal was part of a Peasants' Council in the Darjeeling district that resolved to re-distribute the land to the sharecroppers and prepare for an armed struggle against landlords.
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Jangal Santhal was arrested in at some point that same year and was released in 1969.
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Jangal Santhal was a leader in the Tebhaga Movement and badly beaten like Santhal.
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Kanu Sanyal initiated the Naxalbari uprising in which Jangal Santhal supported and joined.
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Jangal Santhal was born in a progressive landlord family and a son of an active freedom fighter.
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Many of these expelled members went on to create the Communist Party of India on 22 April 1969, and Jangal Santhal was present for its creation.
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Today Comrade Jangal Santhal is still recognized as a legendary leader by the Communist Party of India Liberation.
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Jangal Santhal was arrested in July 1970, starting in Darjeeling jail and then moved to Alipur Central Jail.
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On 31 July 1972, while Jangal Santhal was in prison, the Communist Party of India was formally dissolved.
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Jangal Santhal wanted to revive the Naxalabri movement but became frustrated with things not gaining attention like they did before.
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Kanu Sanyal wanted to blame Comrade Charu Mazumdar for the failure of the Naxalbari uprising, but Jangal Santhal did support this idea.
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Jangal Santhal died of public shame and disgrace, never getting to see his country change for the better.
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Jangal Santhal displayed courage, dedication, unparalleled discipline, and hard work.
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Jangal Santhal is acknowledged as a founder of today's tea garden workers movement.
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Jangal Santhal was not a traditional leader in the way that he related to the people.
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Jangal Santhal sympathized with the peasants because he was around them daily and saw their struggles.
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Landlords did not like Jangal Santhal and described him as a cruel, devilish, murderous villain.