People were in debt to the “bania” because:
Explanation:
The “8.30 am” extract of the passage states “Farms were growing less...was in debt to the bania.”, which helps in zeroing-in on option 1. The data mentioned in option 2 is logically inconsistent. The data mentioned in options 3 and 4 do not find a mention in the passage, nor can they be inferred. Hence, the correct answer is option 1.
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