What were the hardships faced by the Adivasis?

● Adivasi refers to the ‘original inhabitant’. These are the communities who have lived in close association to the forests.

● They were pushed out of their forests in Jharkhand and had to migrate to other parts of the country.

● They had faced extreme conditions and even death in this migration.5 lakh Adivasis had lost their homes.

● Many of them were displaced when the forest area was being cut due to mining.

● After 1947, many dams were built. This led to the submerging of many forests.

● Many Adivasis were removed from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

● In some areas, their land was taken over the military.

● There were 54 national parks and 372 wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of 1, 09, 652 sqkm. The Adivasis were evicted from these areas.