Effect of Colonialism on Pastoral Life in India Video Lecture - Class 9

Effects of colonialism on pastoral life
in India in this module you'll learn
about the lives of Indian pastoralists
during the colonial rule in India
nomadic pastoralists are an important
segment of people who live in different
parts of the Indian subcontinent during
the colonial rule in India nomadic
pastoralists and to face the men's
hardships the de Vere's forest laws and
acts passed by the British according to
these laws all wastelands including the
green pastures used by nomadic
pastoralists for the purposes of cattle
grazing were brought under cultivation
to increase revenue collection and
produce raw material for the British
industries Waste Land rules were enacted
in the 19th century by which
uncultivated land was given to certain
individuals they were given concessions
and encouraged to settle in these areas
in addition
Barriss forest acts declared some
provinces which produced commercially
valuable timber as reserved nomadic
pastoralists were denied access to the
expericence
other forests were labeled as protected
in these forests nomads were given some
customary grazing rights although
nomadic pastoralists were given access
to other father's their movements were
strictly monitored by the British the
British issued permits which specify the
time period for which nomadic
pastoralists were allowed to stay in the
forest to add to the misery of nomadic
pastoralists the British also started
charging a grazing tax from nomadic
pastoralists
the tax was charged on the basis of a
number of cattle that a nomadic
pastoralists domed the village also
passed a criminal fines act in 1871
which stated certain craftsmen
pastoralists and nomadic communities as
criminals
as a result these communities were not
allowed to move around without a permit
the local police and village headman
were expected to keep a close watch on
their activities
all the laws and acts led to a decrease
in the number of grazing tracks that
were available to nomadic pastoralists
of the result cattle grazing by nomadic
pastoralists was confined to limited
pastures which led to the shortage of
forage and death of starving cattle our
Center got its independence in 1947 due
to the partition of India in Pakistan
some grazing grounds in Pakistan became
L accessible to Indian nomadic
pastoralists this restricted their
movement even further due to so many
restrictions and the continuous decrease
in the number of pasture lands some
nomadic pastoralists started settling
down and took a body cultivation or
trade however till date there are many
nomadic pastoral communities that
continue to live the way they used to
several years ago let's recall what
you've learned during the colonial rule
in India all wastelands including the
green pastures used by nomadic
pastoralists were brought on the
cultivation nomadic pastoralists were
denied access to reserve forest although
nomadic pastoralists were given access
to other forests their movements were
strictly monitored by the village the
village started charging a grazing tax
from nomadic pastoralism the British
also passed the criminals fires act in
1871 cattle grazing my nomadic
pastoralists was confined to limited
pastures due to the partition of India
in Pakistan some grazing grounds in
Pakistan became inaccessible to Indian
nomadic pastoralists