who were gomasthas? who were lathiyals?
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Answer:
✅the paid servants who were appointed by east India company to supervise the weavers, collect supplies and examine the cloth quality were called Gomasthas. THE GOMASTHAS HAS NO SOCIAL LINK WITH WEAVERS.
Muscle hired by indigo planters in Bengal to terrorize peasants who did all the work on the indigo plantations when these peasants refused to work,due to harsh conditions,during the Indigo Revolt of 1859. The name comes from the lathi,a long heavy cane used by the lathiyals to beat the peasants
Explanation:
The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India and to have a direct control over the weavers, free from the interference of the existing traders and brokers in the cloth trade. The gomasthas were. Lathiyals were strong men equipped with lathi or cane.