What prompted the Kol uprising in the Chhotanagpur region during 1831–32?
Transfer of tribal lands and intrusion of moneylenders and merchants.
The Kol uprising of 1831-32 was prompted by the transfer of tribal lands and the growing intrusion of moneylenders and merchants into Chhotanagpur.
Famine spread, festival bans and forced conscription describe other unrelated causes, not the actual trigger of this tribal uprising.
Hence, 'Transfer of tribal lands and intrusion of moneylenders and merchants' is the correct answer.
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