To secure cheap labour for cutting sleepers, the Forest Department set…

Question

To secure cheap labour for cutting sleepers, the Forest Department set up:

Accepted Answer

B. Forest villages

1. Jhum cultivators got small plots in return for labour.
2. These were forest villages.
3. The same pattern appeared in Bastar.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 4, Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age._

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Coal colonies

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Labour camps

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Tea gardens

To secure cheap labour for cutting sleepers, the Forest Department set up:

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