3.List some of the crops the British forced Indian farmers to cultivate.-
4.Name the territories annexed through the Claim of Paramountcy
5.Mention any one reason the cultivators were reluctant to grow Indigo in the plantations.
6.What made the Ryots feel that the British government was sympathizing with their struggle?
7.Name the two main system of cultivating of Indigo.
8. What is common in the two prints—a Kalamkari print and a Morris cotton print?
9. Why did the 'Blue rebellion' break-out?
10.What were the findings of the Indigo Commission?
11 How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
12 What were the disadvantages of permanent settlement?
13 What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
14 What kind of treatment was given to the Indians who joined the British army?
15 Why were the farmers unwilling to cultivate under the ryoti system?
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3. crops such as opium, tea, coffee, sugar, jute and indigo. Indian peasants were forced to grow these cash crops that spoiled the fertility of the land and no other crop could be grown on it.
4.Many kingdoms were annexed by using this doctrine, e.g. Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (185
5. The ryots were reluctant to grow indigo because the price they got for the indigo they produced was very low.
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7. The two main systems of Indigo cultivation in Bengal were Nij and Ryoti. In the Nij system, the British planters produced indigo in lands that they directly controlled
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What is common in the two prints—a Kalamkari print and a Morris cotton print? There is one commom in the two prints: both use a rich blue colour commonly known as indigo.
9. In March 1859, thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo and protested violently against indigo planters; many farmers declared that they would rather beg than grow indigo for the Company.
10. The commission declared that the planters were unfair and the farmers were not paid enough for their toil. The commission also stated that in future the farmers could refused to grow Indigo plants and the planters did not have the right to force them.
11. East India Company started its first factory in West Bengal, on the banks of the River Hugli, in 1651. As trade developed, the Company asked local merchants, who acted as middle 'men for them, to come and settle near the 'factory' Thus they entered the political scene in India.Oct 5, 2019
12. hat were the drawbacks of the permanent settlement
-It had an adverse affect on the income of the company as the revenue was fixed on the low side due to lack of proper measurement.
-The system was beneficial only for the landlords. ...
-The landlords who were not able to pay the required revenue, their land was sold off.
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The Royts were reluctant as-
The planters usually forced the ryots to sign a contract.
Those who signed the contract got cash advances from the planters at low rates of interest to produce indigo. But the loan committed the ryot to cultivating indigo on at least 25% of the area under his holding.
The planter provided the seed and the drill, while cultivators prepared the soil, sowed the seed and looked after the crop.
When the crop was delivered to the planter after the harvest, the ryots got another new loan. In this way, they were trapped in the cycle of loan from which it was difficult to come out.
Soon, they realized that this was a harsh system. They did hard labour day and night and got a very low price for the indigo they produced.
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