The Indian Forest Act of 1878 divided Indian forests into reserved forests (completely government controlled), protected forests (partly government controlled), and village forests (controlled by abutting villages). Given that most became government controlled reserved forests, confrontations between local peasants and the Forest Service were not infrequent. The act was further amended and succeeded by the Indian Forest Act of 1927.
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