Tag: history

Baigas forest community of central India sent a petition against stopping of shifting cultivation in 1892 because the communities were forcibly displaced from their homes in the forests.

In shifting agriculture, after two or three years of producing vegetable and grain crops on cleared land, the migrants abandon it for another plot. Trees, bushes and forests are cleared by slashing, and the remaining vegetation is burnt. The ashes add potash to the soil. Then the seeds are sown after the rains.

The Khonds are divided into clans like Hansa, Beck, Hembram, Bedia, etc. The Khond tribe originates from Odisha and is usually found in Bihar. They are mainly hunters who do collective hunting.

• In June 1968, 850 sewing machine operators at Ford's car plant in Dagenham, East London went on strike for equal pay with men doing the same job. At the time the women were paid about 85% of men's wages.
• Despite never having being on strike before or even all being Union members, the strike was successful.

• The 'Rivers of Blood' speech by MP Enoch Powell was considered a response to the 1968 Race Relations Act.
• The Race Relations Act made it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins.

• One of the biggest events in the 1960's was the first moon landing.
• It was watched by millions of people around the world on their new black and white televisions.

• After World War Two, Britain faced a shortage of workers.
• Advertisements were placed in countries like Jamaica, inviting men to come and work.

• Assisted passage consisted of cheap fare, subsidized by the country one is going to so as to encourage immigrants.
• For many years people in the UK could get an assisted passage to Australia or New Zealand for only 10 pounds.

• In an attempt to control the number of immigrants, the Conservative government introduced the Commonwealth immigrations Act in 1962.
• The act restricted the right of people to come and settle in Britain.