alleryStart learning →In Assamese usage, the term Keyas referred to
AMarwari money-lenders who loaned against land
BNon-cooperating European tea planters of Assam
CBritish administrators posted to Brahmaputra Valley
DAhom aristocratic families of the old monarchy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Marwari money-lenders who loaned against land
1. Assam Riots of 1893-94 were partly directed at Marwari money-lenders.
2. Peasants used to mortgage land to them and lost it when unable to repay.
3. Local Assamese called these Marwari Mahajans Keyas.
4. Peasants at Rangia looted the land mortgage papers held by these Keyas.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.3_
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