SOCIAL SCIENCE ACTIVITY

The rebellion in the forest

 CREDITS

 Maheswaran

 Mugunthan

 Mithun krishna

 Mohana priya

 Lathika

 Krish siddarth

 Keerthana

 Kaviya sri
 WHY FOREST COMMUNITIES
REBELLED AGAINST THE BRITISH?

 The survival of the people who lived in the forest is

mainly dependent on the forest and its productsThe
British enacted many acts that affected their lifeAs
result of this forest communities from different parts of
the country rebelled against the britishWe will now see
about the rebellion which took place in bastar
 L O C AT I O N O F B A S TA R

 Bastar is located in the southernmost part of

Chhattisgarh
 It borders Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Maharashtra.
 The central part of Bastar is on a plateau.
 THEIR COMMUNITIES,
LANGUAGE AND BELIEFS

 A number of different communities live in Bastar such

as Maria and Muria Gonds, Dhur was, Bhatras and
Halbas.The people of Bastar believe that each village
was given its land by the Earth, and in return, they look
after the earth by making some offerings at each
agricultural festival.They show respect to the spirits of
the river
 W H AT I S M E A N
BY DESARI?

 Since each village knows where its

boundaries lie, the local people look
after all the natural resources within that
boundaries.If the people from a village
want to take some wood from the
forests of another village, they pay a
small fee called desari, dand or man in
exchange.
 PROTECTION OF WOOD

 Some villages also protect their forests by engaging

watchmen and each household contributes some grain
to pay them.Every year there is one big hunt where the
headmen of villages in a pargana(cluster of villages)
meet and discuss issues of concern, including forests.
 B A S TA R I N 2 0 0 0

 In 1947 Bastar kingdom vas m Kanker kingdom and

become Bastar district in Madhya Pradesh.In 1998 it
was divided again into three districts, Kanker, Bastar
and Dantewada. In 2001, these became part of
Chhattisgarh.The 1910 rebellion first started in the
Kanger forest area (encircled) and soon spread to other
parts of the state.
 C H H AT T I S G A R H D I V I S I O N

 Chhattisgarh Division was an administrative division of the

Central Provinces of British India.It was located in the east of the
Central Provinces and encompassed the upper Mahanadi River
basin, in the central part of present-day Chhattisgarh state of
India.The Central Provinces became the Central Provinces and
Berar in 1936 until the Independence of India. The major
languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi, Odia, Hindi and numerous
tribal languages.
 FEARS OF THE PEOPLE

 People were worried when the britishers Reserved two

third forest Banned shifting cultivation Banned hunting
Banned collection of forest products FOREST
VILLAGESSome people were allowed to stay in the
village on conditions that they would help the forest
department for free in cutting trees, transporting trees
and protecting forests from fires.
 THE REBELLION OF THE
B A S TA R

 Initiative for The rebellion was taken by DHURWAS of

KANGER forest(reservations first took place here)
GUNDA DHUR (tribal leader) of NETHANAR villageIn
1910 mango boughs (branches), arrows, chillies and lumps
of earth started being circulated between villages (they
indicated the villagers to rebel against the British).Bazaars
were roobed, police stations and houses of officials were
burnt and robbed. William Ward a missionary also
observed the events.
 LEADER OF THE REBELLION

 Gunda Dhur is remembered as the leader of this

rebellion.
 The rebellion was centred in the Kanger forest, home of
the Dhruwas.
 GUNDA DHUR

 Gunda Dhur along with his supporters looted

government granaries and distributed food grains
among the poor.
 They also fought against the exploitative local
zamindars.
 SUPPRESSION OF THE
REBELLION

 British sent troops to suppress the rebellion.The tribal

leaders tried to negotiate however the British
surrounded their camps and fired on them.They
marched into the villages and People fled to the jungles
Were unable to capture GUNDA DHUR
 PUNISHMENT

 The British punished all those who had participated in

the rebellion.Regain control (major victory) Area that
was to be reserved was to be roughly reduced to half.
 CONCLUSION

 Even after independence they were tried to keep out of

the forest.The world bank had decided to replace 4,600
hectares of sal trees with pine trees for pulp to be
provided for paper industry.Only after protests by the
local environmentalist did it stop.