British Revenue System Destroys Indian Forests
Subject
Indian National Movement
Chapter
Advent of the Europeans
- Land revenue formed the core of British India's fiscal system
- British government converted forests into cultivable land to increase revenue
- Jungle Mahal forests were transformed into zamins and auctioned for cultivation
- Santhals, the original forest inhabitants, were forcibly evicted from their lands
- Santhals became the first tribal group to resist British rule due to eviction