what was the problem faced by the silk growers of jharkhand during the nineteenth century
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Answer:The Santhals of Hazaribagh(Jharkhand and West Bengal) who reared silkworms suffered a lot. When the demand for Indian silk increased, efforts were made to encourage silk production. The traders, their agents and many middleman approached the growers. They gave them cash loans and collected cocoons from them. You will be surprised to know that they just paid Rupees 3 for 1000 cocoons and then sold them at five times more. When the tribal groups came to know of the reality, they were shocked and started considering the traders as their enemies. Many tribals had to leave their forest homes in search of work. A large number of them were recruited through contracters to work in the tea plantations in far off areas of Assam. They were paid low wages and were not allowed to go back home. The plight of the coal mine workers was no less miserable. Many tribals were recruited in factories and fields to work under harsh conditions.
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The middlemen who arranged deals between the exporters and silk growers made huge profits whereas tribals were paid very meagre amount i.e. Rs 3 to Rs 4 for a thousand cocoons.