Question 5 - Past Year Questions - 3 Marks - Chapter 5 Class 9 History - Pastoralists in the Modern World - History

“New territorial boundaries have adversely affected the pastoral and trading activities of the Indian Nomads.” Explain.

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It’s true that the new territorial boundaries have adversely affected the pastoral and trading activities of the Indian Nomads because,

1. After 1947 , the camel and sheep herding Raikas , could no longer move to Sindh and graze their camels on the banks of the Indus , as they used to do earlier because of the new political boundaries between India and Pakistan .
2. So they had to find new places to go.
3. In recent years they have been migrating to Haryana where sheep can graze on agricultural fields after the harvests are cut .
4. This is the time that the fields need manure that the animals provide .

(Any three)