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Abstract: The peasant society of India has repeatedly roared in protest as a consequence of the colonial rule. The wave of protest turned into an uprising. In this protest and rebellion, along with the common farmers, the people of the tribal community also played an equal role. But as the rebellion of the tribals and marginal peasants who participated in the peasant struggles was spontaneous, the wave of rebellion spread over a wide area. The insurgents fought from within the inaccessible jungles with the shelter of tactical warfare. Again, in many such revolts, the spark of rebellion was spread from discontent and protest. Such a struggle, however, is not compatible with nationalist movements. As the boundaries of these movements did not extend to vast areas of India like the nationalist movements, the duration of the movements was also short-lived. More than that, regardless of the spontaneous role the peasants took in such revolts, the extent to which the consciousness of the peasantry influenced these revolts remains a question. Different groups have different views on the development of peasant consciousness in peasant revolts. Historians belonging to the lower classes did not want to emphasize the spirit of the peasant revolt. A semblance of consciousness must be observed in some cases in such debates as well as rebellions. So this article will try to discuss the thoughts related to the development of consciousness of the farmers.

Marginal Peasant, Protest, Rebellion, Consciousness, Lower Class