Answer:
In
the rural areas of Bengal and Bihar, there were large number of poor peasants.
The British Government offered them advances to produce opium through the
village headman (Mahato). Most of the cultivators were tempted to accept the advances.
Those who accepted the advances were forced to grow opium and hand over the
produce to the agents.
The British agents offered very low prices to the farmers. As a result,
most of the cultivators failed to clear the advances. So, there was no option
with them except to accept the new advance from the agents and low prices
offered by the government.
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