short notes concept map on causes for the failure of characteristic 1857
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CAUSES OF REVOLT
ECONOMIC CAUSES
1. Unpopular revenue settlement
The peasantry were never really to recover from the disabilities imposed by the new and a highly unpopular revenue settlement.
Impoverished by heavy taxation, the peasants resorted to loans from moneylenders/traders at usurious rates, the latter often evicting the former on non-payment of debt dues.
2. Misery to the artisans and handicrafts-men
British rule also meant misery to the artisans and handicrafts-men.
British policy discouraged Indian handicrafts and promoted British goods.
The highly skilled Indian craftsmen were forced to look for alternate sources of employment that hardly existed, as the destruction of Indian handicrafts was not accompanied by the development of modern industries.
3. Zamindars
Zamindars, the traditional landed aristocracy, often saw their land rights forfeited with frequent use of a quo warranto by the administration.
This resulted in a loss of status for them in the villages.
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