The peasants were discontent due to?

Official land revenue policy

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Consequent loss of their land

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both A and B

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C both A and B
The peasantry bore the heavy burden of taxes to provide money for the trade of the Company, for the cost of administration and the wars of British expansion in India. Increase in the land revenue forced many peasants into indebtedness or selling their lands. The economic decline of the peasants affected cultivation and led to many famines.

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