04-12-21 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

The Union Government of India has lately declined to accept the Odisha Government’s demand for the acknowledgement of the rebellion as the first war of independence.

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The Paikas of Khudra supported the Paika Rebellion in Odisha. It was led by Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhara. The rebellion was upheld against the British in the 1820s.
In 2017, the Odisha Government obliged that the Odisha rebellion be named the first war of independence.
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 is currently called the first war of independence. The Central Government discussed the Indian Council of Historical Research.
According to ICHR, the rebellion cannot be the first war of independence.
The Government, however, has decided to include it in the curriculum of the Class VIII HISTORY textbook of NCERT.

Paika Rebellion:

Paika rebellion happened in 1817, 40 years before the first sepoy mutiny. The Paikas were the farmer militias who gave military Services to Gajapti rulers in Odisha.
The British East India Company ousted the King of Khurda, Raja Mukunda Deva, in 1803.
In 1804, the king organised a rebellion against the Britishers involving the Paikas.
However, the Britishers learned about the plan, confiscated the entire territory, and suppressed the Paika farmers through their revenue systems.
This started the rebellion following Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar in 1817.
The government buildings were set on fire, Police officers were killed, and the British safe was looted. Bakshi died in 1825 in prison.

The Government of India will introduce the SRESTHA Scheme for students from Scheduled Castes. The initiative would give pupils a high-quality residential <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Education“>Education.

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The Ministry of Social and Empowerment will carry out the scheme.

It is aimed towards deserving Scheduled Caste pupils. It will also prevent the occurrence of students dropping out of classes 9 through 12.

The programme will offer high-quality residential education.
NITI Aayog has identified renowned non-public residential facilities in aspirational districts to implement the scheme.

Greater Tipraland is a region in Tripura. Several tribals are demanding to make the region as a separate state.

There are 19 notified Scheduled Tribes in Tripura. Among these, 5.92 lakh are Tripuris, 1.88 lakh are Reangs. These three tribal groups are the major tribals in the state. Some of the minor tribal groups have joined hands and formed TIPRA Motha (Tirpaha Indigenous Regional Alliance) and IPFT (Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura) Political Parties. These parties are now arguing that they want a separate state for their survival and existence.

Tripura was ruled by Manikya dynasty since the late 13^thcentury till it signed the Instrument of Accession with the Government of India in 1949. Instrument of Accession is the document signed by the Indian states to enter into Union of India after Independence. In due course, some of the indigenous tribes in the region have become minority in the state.

This happened mainly because of the displacement of the Bengalis from East Pakistan during 1971 war. In 1881, the tribal Population in the state was 63.77%. It reduced to 31.8% in 2011.

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The National Blockchain Strategy was recently introduced by the Ministry of Electronics and IT for giving blockchain as a service.

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