Question

what were the main causes of deforestation in India during the colonial period 5 marks

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1. The British considered forest as wilderness which must be brought under cultivation to enhance the income of the state .
2. Needs for sleepers in railway building.
3. They directly encouraged the production of cash crop like just, coton.
4.The British give vast area at cheap rate to European planner .
5.By 1890 British experts to discover the forest resource of India


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