Why is the Paika Rebellion considered an early freedom struggle?
It opposed British economic policies
The Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha, led by Bakshi Jagabandhu, arose because the British East India Company's land revenue and administrative policies stripped the Paikas of their traditional rent-free land holdings, making it an early armed uprising against colonial economic exploitation.
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