Question

Who were gomasthas ?why were they appointed?

Answer 1

Gomasthas were the paid servant of British government. They were appointed to eliminate the existence of traders n brokers. They collected supplies from d weavers examined d quality of cloth and supervised weavers.

Answer 2

They are the paid servants and they were appointed to go for direct control over weavers to discharge traders and brokers connected with cloth trade.

Explanation:

• During the colonial period, Britisher understood the importance of Indian weaving.

• So to control the buying of cloths from the weaver, they wanted to remove the traders from their path.

• So, they appointed ‘Gomasthas’, which were the paid servant of British and their job was to collect cloth from the weavers and give tasks to them.

• They were very rude towards the weavers and many a time punish weavers for not completing the work on time and when not getting ready to work for the Britishers.

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