Question

why did the East India Company appointed gomasthas?

Answer 1

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The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers inIndia to establish a more direct control over the weavers, free of the existing traders and brokers in the cloth trade. The Gomasthas were the paid servants who supervised the weavers,collected supplies and examined the quality of cloth.
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Answer 2

The EIC appointed the Gomasthas to supervise weavers for the following reasons.  

1. To make direct control: through the recruitment of the Gomasthas, The EIC wanted to establish a more direct authority over the Indian weavers.  

2. The company in order to control the weavers designated a paid secant called the Gomasthas.  

3. A system of advance: this system was started by the company as a part of its policy to keep control of the Indian weavers. once the order was placed, the weavers were provided with loans to b buy raw material for production. Therefore, those weavers who took credits had to give the doth they produce to the Gomasthas.  

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