How did the expansion of british rule in india affect the tribals? lesson is tribal societies and colonialism
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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. Moreover, the traditional tribal land systems were marked by the corporal ownership and nonexistence of the landlords. The British replaced the traditional land system of tribal people with an unknown class of zamindars in the tribal areas. They introduced the idea of private property, through which land could be sold, bought or mortgaged; this led to a decline of land possessed by the tribal people.
Explanation:
with the establishment of the colonial rule the tribals lost the authority they had earlier enjoyed.the tribals leaders lost the right to administer and were forced to pay tribute to the British The British rule replaced the old social and economic system It ended the barter system and introduce d a cash economy the new forest law restricted the tribals rights to the forest product the British wanted the tribes to settle down and become cultivators