When was bamboo nationalized in Madhya Pradesh?

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Correct — C, 1973. Madhya Pradesh brought bamboo, a major forest produce, under a state trading monopoly (nationalization) in 1973 — after this, bamboo coupes were worked departmentally by the state Forest Department, ending the earlier system of private contractors and leaseholders.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the documented year for bamboo's nationalization in MP — the official key confirms 1973.  (b) 1964 is when Madhya Pradesh nationalized a different forest produce first — tendu (bidi) leaves, under the M.P. Tendu Patta (Vyapar Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 1964 — not bamboo.  (d) A year before MP's first-ever forest-produce nationalization (tendu patta, 1964); no forest produce was nationalized in MP that early, and bamboo followed even later, in 1973.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh nationalized (brought under state trading monopoly) several forest produce items in phases rather than all at once. Tendu patta (bidi leaf) was the first, nationalized in 1964; bamboo followed later, in 1973. Nationalization meant the state Forest Department took over collection and trade departmentally, replacing private contractors and middlemen.

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