Question

Explain with suitable examples the impact of british policies on the life of tribals.

Answer 1

british started exploiting peasants to earn more revenue, &as a result the peasants become poorer. Many time peasants had to sell their jewellery to pay d revenue. A large no. of peasants had to borrow the money from the moneylenders & consequently fell into a debt trap. Farmers lost their land & agriculture suffered in many regions of India. Moreover, Bengal witnessed a terrible famine in the year 1770 C.E. in which lakhs of people died of sarvation