5. Give two problems which arose with the new Munro
system of fixing revenue.
6. Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?
7. What were the circumstances which led to the
eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
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8. Find out more about the Champaran movement
and Mahatma Gandhi's role in it.
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1 :The two problems arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue were: (a) The revenue officials fixed too high a revenue demand. As a result the peasants failed to pay, ryots fled the country side, and villages became in many regions.
2 :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.
Other reason was that the planters usually pressurised the ryots to cultivate indigo on the best soils. But the ryots preferred to grow rice on these soils.
Indigo had deep roots and it exhausted the soil rapidly. After an indigo harvest the land could not be used for rice cultivation.
3 : The indigo cultivators in Bengal were forced to grow indigo on at least 25 per cent of the area under their holdings. The price which they got for their indigo was low. And they had to take loans to repay their previous loans. The indigo crops exhausted the soil fertility rapidly. After an indigo harvest, the land cannot be sown with another crop. All these circumstances lead to "The Blue Rebellion" which broke out in March 1859, which led to the collapse of indigo production in Bengal.
4: When Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa, a peasant from Bihar persuaded him to visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators there. Role of Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi's visit in 1917 marked the beginning of the Champaran movement against the indigo planters.
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5. Give two problems which arose with the new Munro
system of fixing revenue.