9th Class Social Science Forest Society & Colonialism Important Dates - Forest Society and Colonialism

Forest Society and Colonialism

        IMPORTANT DATES

                       1755     -           The Mataram kingdom of Java split into two kingdoms.

                       1770     -           The Kalangs rose in rebellion against the Dutch but were suppressed.

                       1864     -           The Indian Forest Service was set up.

                       1865     -           The Indian Forest Act came into being.

                       1890     -           Surontiko Samin started a movement against state ownership of forests.

                       1906     -           The Imperial Forest Research Institute was set up at Dehradun.

                      1910     -           The Bastar Rebellion first started in the Kanger forest area and then spread to other parts of the

                                                      state.

                      1946     -           The length of railway tracks laid by now were over 765,000 km.