Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

Read the following extract and answer the question that follow:
"We must starve for food"
In 1823 the Company government in India received a petition from 12,000 weavers stating:
Our ancestors and we used to receive advances from the Company and maintain ourselves and our respective families by weaving Company’s superior assortments. Owing to our misfortune, the aurangs have been abolished ever since because of which we and our families are distressed for want of the means of livelihood. We are weavers and do not know any other business. We must starve for food, if the Board of Trade do not cast a look of kindness towards us and give orders for clothes.

1. Who wrote the above petition and to whom? What does it highlight?

Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Company's army.

How 1989 Act is important for the Adivasis or the tribals?

Would you agree with the statement that economic marginalisation and social marginalisation are interlinked? Why?

Historians divide Indian history into ancient, medieval and modem. But this division too has its problems. What are these problems?
OR
Historians divided history into ancient, medieval and modern period. What is the problem with this periodisation?

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'Dividing Indian history into ancient, medieval and modern periods by historians too has its problem' Explain.

OR
Historians have divided Indian history into 'ancient', 'medieval' and 'modern'. What problems does this division have?

What reforms did the British introduce in the Indian society? How did the people of India respond to them?

What is the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?

What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
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The Periodisation of Indian History made by James Mill during 1817 was unjustified. Why?

Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.

'The decisions made by the Supreme Court are binding on all other courts in India.' Justify the statement.