How forest law created problems for tribal people ?
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During the nineteenth and twentieth century's, tribal groups in different parts of the country were unhappy with the changes in laws, the restrictions on their practices, new taxes, exploitation by traders and moneylenders, and that lead to their angst.
During the nineteenth and twentieth century's, tribal groups in different parts of the country were unhappy with the changes in laws, the restrictions on their practices, new taxes, exploitation by traders and moneylenders, and that lead to their angst.
- The tribal heads had lost their administrative powers.
- They were required to pay tribute to the British.
- The tribes were prohibited from moving from one place to another that hampered their shifting agricultural practices.
- Jhum cultivation was eventually abolished to enable the British to attain revenue from the tribes.
- Forest laws were introduced that hindered the free movement and the collection of forest products like fruits and timber, for the tribes.
- The traders paid the tribes little in lieu of forest produce anal reaped heavy profits themselves.