give 3 reasons why east india company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in india??
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The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India to establish a more direct control over the weavers, free of the existing traders and brokers in the cloth trade. The Gomasthas were the paid servants who supervised the weavers,collected supplies and examined the quality of cloth.
Answer:
1. To have direct control over Company weavers.
2. To remove brokers to replace them by their own system of managing trade.
3. To get quality supply of cloth supervised by Gomasthas.
Explanation:
During the pre-colonial trade period the indian merchants dominated the trade with different countries like Persia, middle east, south East Asia. There were local bankers and supply merchants who acted as a link between the export merchants and the weavers in villages.
It was this "supply Merchants" that they replaced with the Company appointed paid servant called GOMASTHA.