how were the silk industry more profitable for silk traders than the tribal growing coocons
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1. Introduction
What will I learn in this lesson?
2. Comics
A story of Birsa Munda
3. Key Concepts
Introduction
How Did the Different Tribal Groups Live?
How Did British Colonial Rule Affect the Lives of Tribals?
A Closer Look
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Tribals, Dikus, and the Vision of a Golden Age
Our Pasts - III
How Did British Colonial Rule Affect the Lives of Tribals?
The lives of tribal groups changed during British rule in many strange and unexpected ways:
What Happened to the Tribal Chiefs?
The tribal groups were considered important people, because it is they who controlled their territories. Under the British rule they lose their administrative power and were forced to follow law made by British officials in India.
Before the British arrived, tribal chiefs were important people; they had some money and the right to manage their lands and people.
But under the British rule, they lost much of their powers and were asked to discipline their tribe on behalf of the British government.
This subjugation meant that the tribal chiefs lost the authority among their people, and gradually also the will to fulfil their traditional functions.