Consider the following statements 1 Crash of cotton prices due to the end of American Civil War 2 In...........

Indian Freedom Struggle (CSC) 1857-1885

Consider the following statements:

1. Crash of cotton prices due to the end of American Civil War.

2. Increased land revenue rate by the government.

3. Increased control of money lenders over peasants land and rural economy.

Which of the above reasons was/were responsible for Deccan riots of 1875?

2 only

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

Deccan riots of 1875 :

A major agrarian outbreak occurred in the Poona and Ahmednagar districts of Maharashtra in 1875. Here, as part of the Ryotwari system, land revenue was settled directly with the peasant who was also recognized as the owner of his land.
Like the peasants in other Ryotwari areas, the Deccan peasant also found it diffi cult to pay land revenue without getting into the clutches of the moneylender and increasingly losing his land. It led to the Money lenders increased control over peasants land and rural economy. This led to growing tension between the peasants and the moneylenders most of whom were outsiders
Three other developments occurred at this time. During the early I860s, the American Civil War had led to a rise in cotton exports which had pushed up prices.
The end of the Civil War in 1864 brought about an acute depression in cotton exports and a crash in prices. The ground slipped from under the peasants’ feet.
Simultaneously, in 1867, ‘the Government raised land revenue by nearly 50 per cent. The situation was worsened by a succession of bad harvests.