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Explain any 5 causes of deforestation in India under the colonial rule

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Answered by 123RamshaBari123
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1-The British considered forests as wildernesses which must be brought under cultivation to enhance the income of the state..

2-Need for sleepers in railway building...

3-They directly encouraged the production of cash crops like Jute, Cotton, etc...

4-By 1890's British sent experts to discover the forest resources of India.. The forest in India were cut at a massive scale to meet the needs of timber for ship building...

5-The British gave vast areas at cheap rates to European planters and the contractors to provide wood needed for ship building...

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6-Peasants extended the boundaries of cultivation, clearing forests and breaking new land...
7- Between 1880 and 1920 cultivated area rose by 6.7 million hectares...

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