Question

why were the forests cleared during colonial period​

Answer 1

Answer:

Forests cleared off rapidly during the colonial period because they need timber for building the railway tracks

Answer 2

Answer:

☺Forests cleared off rapidly during the colonial period because they need timber for building the railway tracks.

☛In the colonial period, cultivation expanded rapidly for a variety of reasons of which two are given below:

(i) British directly encouraged the production of commercial crops like jute, sugar, wheat, and cotton.

(ii) In the early 19th century the colonial state thought that forests were unproductive.

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