Question

Explain any five causes of deforestation in india during colonial rule.

Answer 1

o1) the BRITISH considered forests as wildernesses which must be brought under cultivation to enhance the income of the state.

2) They directly encouraged the production of cash crops like jute , cotton , etc.

3) Need for sleepers in railway building.

4) the British gave vast areas at cheap rates to European planters and the contractors to provide wood needed for shipbuilding.

5) By 1890's British sent experts to discover the forest resources of India. The forests in India were cut at a massive scale to meet the needs of timber for shipbuilding.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

→Deforestation is the disappearence of forests

The causes of deforestation in India under colonial rule are as follows:

→They cleared forest for making railway sleepers and for fuel to run locomotives.

→They cleared forest for tea , coffee and rubber plantations.

→The government thought that the forest were unproductive. So they cleared forest for cultivations.

→The british encouraged the production of commercial crops like jute, silk and sugar. The demand for these crops increased in 19th century. For these reasons they cleared forest...

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