What was Damin-i-Koh? How it came into being?
Damin-i-Koh was the land of Santhals situated in the Rajmahal hills. British persuaded the Santhals to live in the foothils of Rajmahal by giving land to them. By 1832, a large part of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh and was declared as land of Santhals. They had to live in this region, practise plough agriculture and had to become settled agriculturalists. There was a stipulation in the certificate of land grants that the minimum of 1/10 of the total area had to be cleared and had to be cultivated within the first 10 years. Whole of this region was surveyed and mapped. This region was enclosed first 10 years. Whole of this region was surveyed and mapped. This region was enclosed y boundary pillars. In this way this region was separated from the world of settled agriculturists of plains and Paharias of the hills.
