Rebellion in the Forest of Bastar
Rebellion in the Forest of Bastar: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Rebellion of Forest Communities in India, Social Life of People of Bastar, Reservation in Bastar Forest, Impact of Reservation in Bastar Forest, Bastar Rebellion of 1910, and Protests for Forests after Independence.
Important Questions on Rebellion in the Forest of Bastar
What are forest villages?
What fees did the people of Bastar pay for collecting wood from the forests of other villages?
Bastar is located in which part of Chhattisgarh?
Which tribal leader from the Chotanagpur region is mentioned in Folk songs and stories?
Name the missionary who observed and recorded the forest rebellions in Bastar?
In which forest did reservation first take place?
When did the Bastar Rebellion take place?
Match the items of column A with the corresponding items of column B and select the correct code:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. | (i) Indian Forest Act |
| 2. | (ii) Bastar Rebellion |
| 3. | (iii) Indian Forest Service |
| 4. |
(iv) Imperial Forest Research Institute |
Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.
Statement 1 : Bastar is located in the southernmost part of Haryana.
Statement 2 : In bastar, to take some wood from the forests of another village, people had pay a small fee called devsari, dand or man in exchange.
Statement 3 : The Bastar rebellion took place in 1920 and took three months to control.
The Britishers took three months to gain control over the Bastar areas because of Bastar Rebellion.
In Bastar, mango boughs, a lump of earth, chillies and arrows, began circulating between villages as a message inviting villagers to become friends with British.
The river _____ winds across Bastar from east to west. (Indrawati/ saraswati)
Villagers wanted _____ with a mixture of species to satisfy different needs such as fuel, fodder, leaves. (forests/food)
