The Deccan Riots Commission was appointed to
Frame charges against those complicit in the 1857 mutiny
Incorrect AnswerRevamp the police machinery to tackle increasing riots in the Deccan region
Incorrect AnswerInitiate proceedings against guilty Zamindars for transacting benami properties
Incorrect AnswerInvestigate into the causes of the Deccan uprising
Correct AnswerExplanation:
The Deccan peasants uprising 1875 was directed mainly against the excesses of the Marwari and Gujarati money lenders.
• Social boycott of moneylenders by the peasants was later transformed into armed peasant revolt in the Poona and Alimadnagar districts of Maharashtra.
• By June 1875 nearly a thousand peasants were arrested and the uprising completely suppressed.
• The Government appointed the Deccan Riots Commission to investigate into the causes of the uprising.
• The ameliorative measure passed was the Agriculturists Relief Act of 1879 which put restrictions on the operations of the peasants land and prohibited imprisonment of the peasants of the Deccan for failure to repay debts to the moneylenders.
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By: Kritika Kaushal