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The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area was declared to be land of the Santhals. It was demarcated as-

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The tract set aside for Santhal settlement in the Rajmahal hills in 1832 was named Damin-i-Koh, meaning the skirts of the hills. Dikus was the Santhal term for outsiders, mahua is a forest flower they used, and bargadars were sharecroppers in Bengal.

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