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8. What kind of settled cultivation did the Mundas of Chotanagpur practice?
9. Who were 'Dikus' for the tribals?
10. What made the East India Company venture into the forests of India?
11. How did the power and position of Tribal chiefs change as the British started taking over the forests?
12. What changes did the British bring to shifting cultivation?
13. What kind of Forest laws did the British make? What was their impact on the forest dwellers?
14. Why did the tribals dislike the traders and money lenders?
15. Describe how the tribals had to move out of the forests in search of work.
16. Who was Birsa Munda?
17. Describe the tribal revolt that Birsa Munda led in 1897.
18. How and when did the British finally managed to crush this revolt?
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Please find below the solution to the asked query.
9)Dikus are the people who were outsiders.So , the tribals considered moneylenders,Zamindars,traders, British etc as Dikus or outsiders.
14)Due to the following reasons tribals dislike the traders and moneylenders-
Hope this information will clear your doubt.
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Please find below the solution to the asked query.
9)Dikus are the people who were outsiders.So , the tribals considered moneylenders,Zamindars,traders, British etc as Dikus or outsiders.
14)Due to the following reasons tribals dislike the traders and moneylenders-
- The traders and moneylenders wanted to buy forest produce at a very cheap rates.
- They persuaded the tribals to take cash loans at a very high rate of interest.
- Therefore the tribals considered moneylenders and traders as an evil outsiders.
Hope this information will clear your doubt.
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