Question

6. Cultivation of indigo increased the fertility of the soil.
7. Village headmen supported the blue rebellion.​

Answer 1

Answer:

6:The planters usually insisted that indigo be cultivated on the best soils in which peasants preferred to cultivate their main food grain, rice. Indigo, moreover, had deep roots. So it exhausted the soil rapidly and the land could not be sown with rice soon after an indigo harvest.

7:This image above is of a floral cotton print designed and produced by Willian Marris, the famous British poet and artist. The rich blue colour in it is known as indigo, because it was produced from a plant called indigo.

In the 19th century, India was the biggest supplier of high-quality indigo in the world, but Italy, France, and Britain had been the major buyers and exporters of Indian indigo for hundreds of years before that.

Why the Demand for Indian Indigo?

Indigo plants need a tropical climate to grow in, making India the ideal place to grow indigo.

In Europe, Indian indigo was available in limited quantities and at high prices. The European plant called woad also produces a violet and blue dye, so European producers of woad pressurised their governments to ban the import of Indian indigo so they can sell woad without competition.

But the colour from woad was not as rich as that from the Indian indigo, and woad also gave out a terrible smell. So by the 17th-century industrial revolution, European cloth makers convinced their governments to allow more imports of indigo, while France, Portugal, Spain, and North America also started growing indigo other parts of the world such as South America.

Answer 2

answer 1

The planters usually insisted that indigo be cultivated on the best soils in which peasants preferred to cultivate their main food grain, rice. Indigo, moreover, had deep roots. So it exhausted the soil rapidly and the land could not be sown with rice soon after an indigo harve

answer 2

This rebellion came to be known as 'Blue rebellion'. The ryots were supported by the local zamindars and village headmen. The various outcome of the Blue Rebellion was as follows: Indigo peasants thought that they get support from the British government.