'monk's rebellion') was a revolt by sannyasis, sadhus (Hindu ascetics) and faqirs in Bengal, India in the late 18th century which took place around Murshidabad and Baikunthapur forests of Jalpaiguri under the leadership of Pandit Bhabani Charan Pathak.
One refers to a large body of Hindu sannyasis who travelled from North India to different parts of Bengal to visit shrines.
En route to the shrines, it was customary for many of these ascetics to exact a religious tax from the headmen and zamindars (feudal lords).
Crop failures, and famine, which killed an estimated one million people compounded the problems since much of the arable land lay fallow.
Perhaps, the best reminder of the Rebellion is in literature, in the Bengali novels Anandamath (1882) and Devi Chaudhurani (1884), written by India's first modern novelist Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
In 2022, Telugu film producer and scriptwriter V. Vijayendra Prasad announced his upcoming project tentatively titled 1770: Ek Sangram, based on Anandamath and the Sanyasi rebellion.