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The Madras Forest Act was passed in the year ______.

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1880
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1881
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1882
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1883
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Solution

The correct option is C 1882
In the year 1882, the Madras Forest Act was passed. It restricted the movement of tribals in the forests and stopped them from engaging in the traditional ‘podu’ cultivation system. Podu is the same as shifting cultivation or slash and burn cultivation.

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