Question

what were the economic reasons responsible for the revolt of 1857 ce


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Answer 1

Answer:

ECONOMIC CAUSE

The most important reason for the popular discontent was the economic exploitation by the British.the economic exploitation took the following form

1- Exploitation of economic resources

2-Drain of wealth

3-Decay of cottage industry and handicrafts

4-Economic decline of Peasantry

6-growing unemployment

7-inhuman treatment of indigo cultivators

8-poverty and famines

9-decline of landed aristocracy