Where did jhum cultivators successfully insist on continuing shifting …

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Where did jhum cultivators successfully insist on continuing shifting cultivation?

Accepted Answer

D. North-east India

1. Plough cultivation failed on dry hill soils.
2. North-east jhum cultivators kept their practice.
3. The British allowed it in some forest parts.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 4, Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age._

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Punjab plains

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Deccan plateau

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Thar Desert

Where did jhum cultivators successfully insist on continuing shifting cultivation?

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