Question

state any five ways in which the various laws passed by the British affected the Indian pastoralist

Answer 1

1. The various laws led to a serious shortage of pastures. The shepherds and cattle herders could no danger freely pasture their cattle in the forests.

2. Their grazing land declined. This led to continuous intensive grazing of these pastures.

3. Under the forest acts, the pastoralists were not allowed to have access in reserved forests. However they were granted some grazing rights in the forests.

4. This in turn led to a further shortage of forage for animals and deterioration of animals stock underfed cattle’s died in large no.s during scarcities and famines.