History · Colonial Economy
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-I)
In the late 1770s and 1780s, the Khatbandi regulations were related to:
ABinding Indian peasants to buy their agricultural tools from the British East India Company
BBinding Indian artisans to sell their products exclusively to the British East India Company ✓ Correct
CBinding Indian peasants to pay their land revenue in cash to the British East India Company
DBinding Indian artisans to buy their raw material like cotton exclusively from the British East India Company
Correct answer: (B) Binding Indian artisans to sell their products exclusively to the British East India Company — They bound artisans to sell their products exclusively to the company, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★They bound artisans to sell their products exclusively to the company, so that is the answer.
★In the late 1770s and 1780s the Khatbandi regulations bound Indian artisans to sell their products exclusively to the British East India Company.
★The artisans were reduced step by step to the position of bonded labourers.
★This was done by denying them free access to the market.
★It was enforced through coercion and through laws and regulations made by the company's government.
★The Khatbandi regulations were passed by the Bengal government.
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