Explain the ryoti system. - Vidyadip

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Explain the ryoti system.

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Under the ryoti system, the planters forced the ryots to sign a contract, an agreement. They pressurised the village headmen to sign the contract on behalf of the ryots. Those who signed the contract got cash advances from the planters at low rates of interest to produce indigo.

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