Santhal Parganas
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Santhal Parganas constitute one of the administrative Divisions of Jharkhand state, India. Presently, this administrative division has five districts, namely, (Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Sahibganj and Pakur). Formerly, Santhal Parganas comprised a district of the same name, in undivided Bihar state, India. Earlier to that, in 1885, during British India, Santhal Parganas was created as a district, and was a part of the Bengal Presidency. Santhal Parganas derive its name from two words, 'Santhal', also spelt as Santal, a major tribe of India and 'Parganas', an Urdu word, meaning, province.
All the five districts have large concentration of Santals, who speak Santali (Santhali), an Austro-Asiatic language. They had famously rebelled against the British in 1857-1858 under the leadership of Sido Murmu and his brother Kanhu Murmu.