Question

11. Name the Magistrate who issued a notice stating that ryots would not be compelled to accept indigo contracts.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Magistrate Ashley Eden.

Explanation:

When in Barasat, the magistrate Ashley Eden issued a notice stating that ryots would not be compelled to accept indigo contracts, word went around that Queen Victoria had declared that indigo need not be sown. ... They wrote of the misery of the ryots, the tyranny of the planters, and the horrors of the indigo system.