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Santhals are the third largest tribe in India. They are
mostly found in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Assam.
Santhals belong to the Pre Aryan period. They were the great fighters during
the British regime in India.
They wagged war against the Permanent Settlement
Act enforced by Lord Cornwallis in 1855. During the late 1850s, Santhals hero
Sidhu had accumulated around 10 thousand Santhals to run a parallel government
against the British government.
Santhals speak Santhali language, which belongs
to the Austro- Asiatic language family. The livelihood of the Santhals revolves
around the forests they live in. They fulfil their basic needs from the trees
and plants of the forests. The also cultivated silk warms.
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