Some villagers of Bastar were allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the condition that they worked free for the forest department in cutting and transporting trees and protecting the forests from fires. These villagers came to be known as 'forest villagers'.
Some villagers of Bastar were allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the condition that they worked free for the forest department in cutting and transporting trees and protecting the forests from fires. These villagers came to be known as ‘forest villagers’.
Name the leader who rebelled against the British.
Gunda Dhur from village Nethanar.
Gunda Dhur from village Nethanar.
See lessWho were ‘forest villager’?
Some villagers of Bastar were allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the condition that they worked free for the forest department in cutting and transporting trees and protecting the forests from fires. These villagers came to be known as 'forest villagers'.
Some villagers of Bastar were allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the condition that they worked free for the forest department in cutting and transporting trees and protecting the forests from fires. These villagers came to be known as ‘forest villagers’.
See lessIf people from a village of Bastar want to take wood from the forest of another village, what would they do?
They would pay a small fee called devsari, daud or man in exchange of the wood taken from the forest of another village.
They would pay a small fee called devsari, daud or man in exchange of the wood taken from the forest of another village.
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Bastar is located in the southernmost part of Chattisgarh and it borders Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra.
Bastar is located in the southernmost part of Chattisgarh and it borders Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra.
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Maria and Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatsas and Halbas are the communities living in Bastar.
Maria and Muria Gonds, Dhurwas, Bhatsas and Halbas are the communities living in Bastar.
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