Tilka Manjhi led India's first people’s revolt triggered by the East India Company’s (EIC) exploitative practices against Adivasi communities in conjunction with the oppressive local princely class, moneylenders and zamindars beholden to the British.
James Augustus Hicky's Bengal Gazette reported on the troubles of native residents in Kolkata, challenged rampant corruption in the East India Company and even questioned why Britain was fighting wars in India.
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