Question

Q1. How did the British exploit the weavers?

Q2. Which incident led to the Sepoy Mutiny?​

Answer 1

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1. Farmers were being exploited and oppressed in different ways by Neeley Britishers under Khurki and Teenkathiya systems. Under Khurki system, the British planters used to pay some money to the farmers (Raiyyat) by mortgaging their lands and houses and compelling them to sow indigo.

2. Historians have identified diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857.

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Answer 2

Q1. Ans: After the Industrial Revolution , Britain started producing machine-made textiles that were much cheaper and better in quality than the traditional Indian textiles. Europen and other people stopped buying Indian goods , and their agents no longer have advances to wears to secure supplies. This way the British exploited the Indian weavers.

Q2. Ans: The spark was provided by the cartridges of the new Enfield Pattern rifle which was introduced into the British Indian army in 1853. There were rumours about the paper cartridges being greased with animal fats regarded sacrilegious by both Hindus and Muslims. So,the sepoys who were drawn from both the communities regarded the practice of biting open this cartridges offensive to their religious sentiments. This incident led to the Sepoy Mutiny.

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