Who wrote a petition to the Collector of Ahmednagar, Deccan Riots Commission, from the village of Mirajgaon?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Ryots
This petition came from a ryot, a cultivator, of the village of Mirajgaon, Taluka Karjat, to the Collector of Ahmednagar, Deccan Riots Commission. In it the ryots complained that the sowkars (sahukars), the moneylenders, had begun to oppress them, forcing them into hard conditions in their bonds for money, clothes and grain. So the sahukars of Option (1) were the people complained against, not the writers.
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