Assertion :The lives of pastoralists in India underwent dramatic changes under colonial rule. Reason: In most areas the lands regularly used by pastoralists for grazing were taken over by the colonial state and given to select individuals for cultivation.
The lives of pastoralists in India underwent dramatic changes under colonial rule because British wanted to increase the production of food-grains and commercial crops to meet the requirement of England. So they introduced waste land rules and converted grazing land to cultivated land.