Consider the following statements about the Deccan Riots 1875 1 It was a peasant revolt but not a mo...........

Modern Indian History 1857-1885

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Consider the following statements about the Deccan Riots (1875)

1. It was a peasant revolt but not a movement of the poor tribals or landless peasants.

2. It was led by the relatively better-off sections of the peasantry, who were called Kunbi peasants in Maharashtra.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/ are correct?

Only 1

Only 2

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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1765 English East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal
1773 Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the EIC
1793 Permanent Settlement in Bengal
1800s Santhals begin to come to the Rajmahal hills and settle there
1818 First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan
1820s Agricultural prices begin to fall
1840s-50s A slow process of agrarian expansion in the Bombay Deccan
1855-56 Santhal rebellion
1861 Cotton boom begins
1875 Ryots in Deccan villages rebel