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GS History Modern India
Q.

The main cause for ‘Deccan Agrarian Riots’ of 1875 was the resentment of ‘ryots’ against which of the following?

Explanation:
  • Peasants in Deccan revolted against increasing exploitation of outsider moneylenders. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders. The rioters' specific purpose was to obtain and destroy the bonds, decrees, and other documents in the possession of the moneylenders. This uprising also involved social boycott of moneylender. and social boycott of any villager who didn’t support the cause. Government of British India set up a commission of enquiry to investigate into the causes of the riots. The Deccan Riots Commission produced a report that was presented to the British Parliament in 1878. Consequently, in 1879 Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act was passed.

Thus, Option C is Correct.

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