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There was complete harmony between the weavers and gomasthas.

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The above statement is False.
The colonialists established their control over the weavers in India to reduce the cloth trade. To exert direct control over the weavers, Britishers appointed paid servants called gomastha. Gomasthas were provided with the power to supervise weavers, procure the supplies, and examine the cloth quality. This practice often led to clashes between weavers and gomasthas. Earlier weavers had the right to bargain with the traders. But the appointment of gomasthas made weavers vulnerable. Gomasthas had no social ties with villagers and they dominated the villagers. There had been instances of gomasthas taking with them sepoys to the villages and punishing weavers for delays in supplies.
The correct statement is that there were frequent clashes between Gomasthas and weavers.

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