In the early 1850's we come across some tribal movements in Orissa.

There were popular movements

among the Khonds of Ghumsar and Baud (1854-56) and the Savaras of Parliakhemedi. These popular
movements were attributed to Chakra Bisoi who, since 1837, had resisted all
attempts to arrest him. The specific problem among the Khonds centred around the
determination of the colonial administration to stop the human sacrifices associated with the
'meriah' sacrifice. Very little is known about Chakra Bisoi and the early tribal movements. Bisoi took up
the
cause of a young boy whom the Khonds 'believed' was the Raja of Ghumsar. Khonds 'attacked some
villages in Ghumsar (1854) and how they kefused to betray Chakra. In a desperate attempt to crush the
rebellion the police arrested a mendicant by mistake, thinking that he was Chakra Bisoi. It seems some
landholders and ruling chiefs (i.e. of Patana and Kalahandi) who felt threatened by colonial rule
maintained links with Chakra.
In 1856-57 there was the Savara rebellion in Parliakhemedi led by one Radhakrishna Dandasena. The
colonial administration saw links between this movement and Chakra Bisoi, who could never be arrested.
Nothing was heard of him after October 1856. He seems to have faded into popular memory after the
Savara rising was crushed with Dandasena's hanging in 1857.