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What do you know about Samin's challenge?

Answer:

(i) Surontiko Samin of a teak forest village began questioning state ownership of forests.

(ii) He argued that the state had not created the wind, water, Earth and wood, so it could not own it.

(iii) Soon, he organised a widespread movement with the support of his sons-in-law and other families in his village.

Some Saminists protested by lying down on their land when the Dutch came to survey it, while others refused to pay taxes or fines or perform labour.