Tribal Resistance Exercises Answer the following questions orally. 1. What types of terrain did tribal people usually inhabit in pre-British India? 2 Name some animals that tribal herders reared in pre-British India. 3. What was a jhumar? 4. Name any two tribes that practised cultivation in pre-British India. 5. Give an example of a tribe whose chiefs framed laws and collected taxes in pre-British India. 6. Who was Sonaram Sangma? R Answer the following questions in not more than 20 words. 1. Name a few things that tribal people in pre-British India sold to get money to buy other things. 2 Why did the British take over Indian forests? 3. How did dalals exploit tribals? 4. Name any three Indian tribes that revolted against the British. 5. What earned Birsa Munda the title Dharti Aba? C.Answer the following questions in not more than 40 words. 1. What is jhum cultivation? 2. Mention the various means of livelihood of the Balgas. 3. With reference to the Bhils of southern Gujarat, explain how the British took away the traditional rights o chiefs 4. How were tribal people forced into beth begari?
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Explanation:
1.Tribals usually occupied hilly terrain, thick forest regions. d. During the pre British period, tribes moved freely from land to forest regions for their livelihood , also to practise jhum cultivation.
2.The tribal communities in British India which herded or reared animals for a living included the Van Gujjars of the Punjab hills and the Labadis of Andhra Pradesh. The Gaddis of Kulu were shepherds and the Bakarwals of Kahmir too reared goats for a living.
3.Jhumar or Jhoomar is a lively form of music and dance that originated in the Multan and Balochistan, also thrived in Sandalbar areas of Punjab. It is slower and more rhythmic form. The word "Jhumar" comes from Jhum/Jhoom, which means Swaying.
4.Ahoms and GONDS tribes practised cultivation in pre-British India.
5.zamindar is the answer.
6.Sangma Sonaram R. Sangma is the first Garos political leader. He was born in 1867 and died on 1916 before the Independent of the India. After completing his studies, Sangma joined the Government service in the Public Works Department office as a Mohurer.
1.A few things that the tribals collected from the forests and sold to get money to buy other things are Fruits, roots, fish from Forest Rivers, herbs for medicine, bamboo baskets and umbrellas and hunted small animals.
2.The British take over indian forests because they needed to large supplies of timber , for making shipbuilding and for making sleepers for railway tracks.
3."Tribals were given credit facilities at high rates of interest and unfavourable repayment conditions. As a result they lost their land and became labourers. Dalals made sure that the new courts of law passed judgement in their favour. They took all the produce from tribals and gave a minor share in return."
4.-Koala Tribe Revolt – 1820 to 1837.
-Santhal Tribe Revolt – 1855-56.
-Rampas Tribe Revolt – 1879.
5.In 1894 the failure of monsoon caused widespread starvation and epidemics Birsa dedicated service to the starving and the stick earned him the title dharti aba.
1.Jhum cultivation is a traditional farming method where first the land of trees and other vegetation is cleared, burned and then cultivated for a limited number of years. ... Jhum cultivation is also known as shifting cultivation and slash and burn cultivation. It is one of the oldest systems of cultivation.
2.The Baiga tribes practise shifting cultivation in forest area and live a nomadic life. They are also woodsman and good hunters. ii Men and women share the full responsibility for household chores like cooking, fishing, and woodcutting except hunting.
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4.The need for cash to make payments forced the tribal people to turn to the moneylender for loans at high rates of interest.
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3 . Tribes fished in rivers using a bamboo mesh is called jhumar.