Describe the causes, events and effects of the rebellion by the people of Baster against the colonial rule.

(o) Causes : The causes were as follows : (i) In 1905, the colonial government proposed to reserve two-thirds of the forest and stop shifting cultivation, hunting and collection of forest produce.
(ii) only, some villages 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 fire. These were called ,forest villages,.
(iii) People from other villages than forest villages were displaced without any notice or compensation.
(iv) For long people had been suffering from increased land rents and frequent demands for free labour and goods by colonial officials.
(v) The famines in 1899-1900 and 1907-1908 too had affected the lives of people and they faced great hardships. As a result of above factors they rose against the colonial rule.
(b) Events : Every village contributed something to the rebellion expenses. Bazaars were looted, the houses of the officials and traders, schools and police stations were burnt and robbed, and grain redistributed.