Question

In Suliya, in 1837, the British charged a fixed tax from the farmers.
A)True
B)False

Answer 1

Hint: The Amarasuli revolt which took place in 1837 was due to colossal change in the land revenue collecting system . Amarasulya was detached from Kodagu in 1834 and added to South Canara in South India. Thereafter, unlike the other Rajas where tax used to be paid based on the harvest, the British charged a fixed tax and in 1837, the farmers had difficulty paying the taxes which ultimately led to the revolt.

Complete answer:
In 1857, twenty years before the first Mutiny ,there was the Amara Sullia Dange against the British government. The British inducted major social, economic, and even territorial changes in Kodagu, for their administrative convenience and Amarasullia was separated from Kodagu and made part of South Canara district, which was then part of the Madras province.

What further incensed the people was a change in the mode of tax payment, which was now to be made entirely in cash. The farmers used to give a part of their produce as the tax, but the new system only added to their woes as people did not keep cash with them which led many of them refusing to pay the tax outright which ultimately caused the revolt.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: "The Amarasullia insurrection has the features of primary resistance, as well as of peasants movement; the main intention was to drive away the colonial intruders," says K R Vidyadhara, a lawyer in Madikeri who has studied the uprising. This was a major revolt preceding the First War Of Independence in 1857.