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What were the issues against which the leaders of the Jharkhand movement were agitating?

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The social movement for Jharkhand had a charismatic leader in Birsa Munda, an adivasi who led a major uprising against the British. After his death, Birsa became an important icon of the movement.
The issues against which the leaders of the movement in Jharkhand agitated were:

  1. Acquisition of land for large irrigation projects and firing ranges;
  2. Survey and settlement operations, which were held up, camps closed down, etc.
  3. Collection of loans, rent and cooperative dues, which were resisted;
  4. Nationalisation of forest produce which they boycotted.

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