REBELLION IN

THE FOREST
By
Jasmehr singh
Joy Kashyap
Tishya bisht
T. Sravya
Shreyansh Singh
Priyanshu Jakhmola
Location of Bastar

 It is South of Chhattisgarh
 Has borders with
AndraPradesh, Orissa and
Maharashtra

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River Indrawati flows
from east to west.
 Indravati is the 2nd largest
tributary of Godavari. It
originates on the western slopes
of the Eastern Ghats at an
altitude of 915 m in Kalahandi
district, Odisha State flows
through the central part of the
Dandakaranya region and joins
Godavari approximately 40 km
downstream of its confluence
with Pranhita.

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People of Bastar

 A number of different communities live in

Bastar.

 Eg:-Maria and Muria, Gonds,

Dhurwas,Batrasand and Halbas etc.

 They speak different languages but share

common customs and beliefs.

 The people of Bastar believe that land is a

gift from Mother Earth to humans, and that
humans should respect this gift. They look
after their forests with great affection and
care.

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How did the people of
Bastar handle the forest?
 They looked after the earth by making some
offerings at each agricultural festival.

 The local people looked after the forests

lying between the boundaries of their own
village.

 If people from one village wanted to take

some wood from the forests of another
village, they had to pay a small fee(devsari/
dand/ man) in exchange.

 Some villages also protect their forests by

engaging watchmen

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How did the colonial
govt. dominate the
forests?
 In 1905, they reserved 2/3 of the forests

 Stopped shifting cultivation, hunting and

collection of forest produce.

 Under the colonial rule the people of

Bastar were exploited for a long time.

 They were forced to pay higher land rents and

to work for free.

 They suffered more during the famines which

took place between1899-1900and 1907-1908.

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The Rebellion
 The initiative of rebelling against the British
was taken by the Dhurwas of the Kangar
Forest, which was the first forest to be
reserved.

 House-holds in every village supported the

rebellion by bearing its expenses.

 Gunda Dhur from village Nethanar was an

important figure in the rebellion.

 A mass movement of destruction in the form

of looting, burning of bazaars, schools, and
police stations, and the houses of officials
and traders spread throughout Bastar.

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THE MAJOR VICTORY
FOR THE REBELS
 The work on forest reservation was
temporarily suspended and the area to be
reserved was reduced to half of the
original proposed before 1910.

 Even though the British were able to

suppress the rebellion, it took them three
months(February-May) to bring the
situation totally under control. However
they never managed to capture Gunda Dhur.

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