Question

In What ways colonial rule affect the life of shifting cultivators?​

Answer 1

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Forest Laws and Their Impact

As a result, several jhum cultivators moved away to other areas and lifestyles. Colonial officials decided to give jhum cultivators small patches of land in the forests to cultivate, on the condition that they would have to provide labour to the Forest Department

Answer 2

Answer:

The British wanted the shifting cultivators to settle down and became peasant cultivators. But settled plough cultivation is not easy in areas where water is scarce and the soil is dry. In fact, shifting cultivators who took to plough cultivation often suffered.

Forest Laws and Their Impact:

As a result, several jhum cultivators moved away to other areas and lifestyles. Colonial officials decided to give jhum cultivators small patches of land in the forests to cultivate, on the condition that they would have to provide labour to the Forest Department.