Question

f. Answer the following questions in brief :
1.How did the British rule change the rural life in India?
2.Why did the villages lose their self-sufficiency during this period?
3.What impact did the British rule make on agriculture and craft in villages?
4.Why was the cultivation of commercial crops necessitated?
5.How did cultivation of commercial crops lead to peasant revolts?
6.Why did the indigo cultivators rise in revolt?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. The british rule changed the rural life in India in the following ways-

i) The British familiarized jute in Bengal, tea in Assam and the Nilgiris, and coffee and rubber in Kerala.

ii) They also encouraged the development of cotton and sugarcane in other provinces.

iii) While well-received, these changes remained far behind population development in the nation.

2. The villages lost their self sufficiency during this period Because the peasants had to fee the revenue in cash, they were required to increase those crops that could be retailed in the market. As the result, the village lost their self-sufficiency under British rule.

4. the cultivation of commercial crops necessitated-

i) Cultivation of commercial crops made peasants more sovereign of their lords.

ii) They started to pay the lords in cash, and this meant that they could sell their harvests over a wider area, or even work off the manor for the money they wanted for rent.

5. cultivation of commercial crops lead to peasant revolts-

i) cultivation of commercial crops like indigo lead peasants to revolt because rising indigo was very tough.

ii) it finishes the soil and also make the soil less fertile.

6. the indigo cultivators rise in revolt-

i) The Indigo Revolt (Neel Bidroho) grabbed place in Bengal in 1859-1860.

ii) The revolt was by the farmers against British planters who had enforced them to produce indigo under terms that were importantly opposed to the farmers.