While holding enquiries in the districts where the riots of 1875 spread, the Deccan Riots Commission recorded the statements of which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Ryots, sahukars and eyewitnesses
Option (1) Sahukars, district collectors and Santhals — Incorrect. District collectors sent reports, which the commission collated; their statements were not what it recorded. The Santhals lived in the Rajmahal hills, far from the Deccan.
Option (2) Ryots, zamindars and jotedars — Incorrect. Zamindars and jotedars were powerful groups of rural Bengal under the Permanent Settlement. The Deccan revolt was in the ryotwari Bombay Deccan, where there were no zamindars.
Option (3) Ryots, sahukars and eyewitnesses — Correct. The commission recorded statements of ryots, sahukars and eyewitnesses in the riot districts. Ryots were the peasants and sahukars the moneylenders they rose against.
Option (4) Ryots, Paharias and police officers — Incorrect. The Paharias were hill people of the Rajmahal hills in eastern India. They had no part in the Deccan riots.
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