12 Questions
What was one of the violent measures the company resorted to against Indian weavers?
Flogging and painting the face of a weaver
How did the weavers' income change from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
Decreased from one-third of the price of cloth to about 6 percent
What impact did the company's policies have on Indian weavers?
A decline in income and living standards
Why did the company march a weaver through the town escorted by seapoys?
To publicly shame him for working illegally
What did the lullaby sung by Saliya weavers long for?
A mystical time when their looms contained a silver plank
Why did the company observe 'unprecedented mortality among the Weavers' by 1795?
Due to declining income and living standards
What was the consequence of the company's violent policies towards Indian weavers?
Decrease in weavers' income
How did the company punish a weaver for working illegally for a private merchant?
Flogged him severely and painted his face black and white
What do historians like Om Prakash suggest happened to the share of the producer in the price of cloth from the late 17th century to the late 18th century?
Decreased to about 6 percent
What impact did the decline in income and living standards have on Indian weavers?
Resulted in 'unprecedented mortality among the Weavers'
Why did Indian weavers sing a lullaby longingly about a mystical time when their looms contained a silver plank?
To remember a time of prosperity
What was one of the consequences of weavers' income falling by the late 18th century?
'Unprecedented mortality among the Weavers'
Explore the use of violence and corporal punishment by the company while dealing with weavers in colonial India. Learn about the severe consequences faced by those caught working for private merchants.
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