question_answer 7)

 How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowneres of Awadh? .  

Answer:

 (i) In the countryside peasants and zamindars resented the high taxes and the rigid methods of revenue collection. Many failed to pay back their loans to the moneylenders and gradually lost the lands they had tilled for generations. (ii) Just as victories against the British had earlier encouraged rebellion, the defeat of rebel forces include landowners of Awadh encouraged desertions. The British also tried their best to win back the loyalty of the people. They announced rewards for loyal landholders would be allowed to continue to enjoy traditional rights over their lands. (iii) Those who had rebelled were told that if they submitted to the British, and if they had not killed any white people, they would remain safe and their rights and claims to land would not be denied