DMPQ- Highlight the causes and effects of the The Deccan Peasants Uprising of 1875.
The Deccan peasants uprising 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 Ahmadnagar districts of Maharashtra. The peasants attacked the moneylender’s houses, shops and burnt them down. Their chief targets were the … Read more DMPQ- Highlight the causes and effects of the The Deccan Peasants Uprising of 1875.