Estimate the impact of british policies on the tribal people
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When the British government in India brought changes in the forest laws, the life of the tribal people affected badly. Various tribes were directly connected to the forests in India hence, the new laws and policies affected their lives directly. In order to develop railways and to control the tribal groups easily, the British government took control of the forests and declared those forests as Reserved Forests for they produced timber. Therefore, tribal people (who lived in these forests) were forced to leave the forests; they were banned to enter the reserved forests. As a result of these actions of the government, the cultivators and the tribal people had to move to other regions in search of shelter and occupation. The impact of the policy can be seen in the various tribal uprising in India such as the Kol uprising, the Mappila Uprising etc.