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Describe the problems of tribal workers in plantation and coal mines

Answer 1

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1. Introduction

What will I learn in this lesson?

2. Comics

A story of Birsa Munda

3. Key Concepts

Introduction

How Did the Different Tribal Groups Live?

How Did British Colonial Rule Affect the Lives of Tribals?

A Closer Look

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How Did British Colonial Rule Affect the Lives of Tribals?

The lives of tribal groups changed during British rule in many strange and unexpected ways:

What Happened to the Tribal Chiefs?

The tribal groups were considered important people, because it is they who controlled their territories. Under the British rule they lose their administrative power and were forced to follow law made by British officials in India.

Before the British arrived, tribal chiefs were important people; they had some money and the right to manage their lands and people.

But under the British rule, they lost much of their powers and were asked to discipline their tribe on behalf of the British government.

This subjugation meant that the tribal chiefs lost the authority among their people, and gradually also the will to fulfil their traditional functions.

Answer 2

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1. The plight of the tribals who had to go far away from their homes in search of work was very bad.

2. Tribals were recruited in large numbers to work in the tea plantations ofAssam and the coal mines of Jharkhand.

3. They were recruited through contractors who paid them miserably low wages.

4. They also prevented them from returning home.