Read the following excerpts and answer the questions that follow:

On that day in Supa

On 16 May 1857, the District Magistrate of Poona wrote to the Police Commissioner : On arrival at Supa on Saturday 15 May I learnt of the disturbance. One house of a moneylender was burnt down; about a dozen were forcibly broken into and completely gutted of their content. Account papers, bonds, grains, country cloth were burnt in the street where heaps of ashes are still to be seen. The chief constable apprehended 50 persons. Stolen property worth Rs.2,000 was recovered. The estimated loss is over Rs. 25,000. Moneylenders claim it is over Rs. 1 lakh. Questions:

(i) What had happened to the house of the moneylender on 15 May, 1857?

(ii) Describe the pattern that was seen in places where this revolt spread.

(iii) How did the British react?

(iv) Why did the Ryotwari system in the Deccan lead to revolts?