• The ryots came to see the moneylender as devious and deceitful. They complained of moneylenders manipulating laws and forging accounts.
• In 1859 the British passed a Limitation Law that stated that the loan bonds signed between moneylenders and ryots would have validity for only three years.
• This law was meant to check the accumulation of interest over time.

Source: Source: Themes in Indian History – Part III