why tribal groups resisted the loss of their land
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During the British rule a lot of tribal chiefs gave up their land to the British Empire for the production of timber and the employment of their people. Usually these lands were taken away from them by brute force by forest officials. But one tribal from the community of Munda's (which is somewhere in Orissa) with the name of Birsa Munda started resisting against these harsh forest policies and gathered tribals from Bengal, Orissa (now Odisha) and some other neighboring states. The movement became very popular and brought a number of changes in the forest policies, but the movement died after the death of Birsa Munda. After independence a lot of tribal land was taken away by forest contractors for development purposes.
But the reason for the resistance was that the tribals didn't worshipped Gods or idols, instead they believed in praising various spirits of nature, dead ancestors, etc. Forest was their only way for livelihood and means of income and so when they realized that their homes, lands and forests were being taken away from them they started resisting for their rights.
Today there are many liable forest laws developed by the government to protect the rights of tribals and their forests