Question

a) What was the reason behind Indigo Revolt?

b)Who grow first indigo in India?

c)What was the problem in growing indigo?

d)Was the indigo Rebellion successful?

e)Why did British grow indigo in India?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

a) The resultant greed of British planters who depended on plantations in Bengal for their supplies and the complicity of the colonial state in the subsequent exploitation gave birth to the reasons behind Indigo revolt.

b) Indigo planting in Bengal dated back to 1777 when Louis Bonnaud, a Frenchman introduced it to the Indians. He was the first indigo planter of

Bengal.

c)The problem with nij cultivation

Indigo could only be cultivated on fertile lands. But these areas were densely populated and hence, only small plots could be acquired. This made it difficult to expand the area under nij cultivation. They attempted to lease in the land around the indigo factory.

d) The revolt was not a spontaneous one. It was built up over years of oppression and suffering of the farmers at the hands of the planters and the government. ... The revolt was a success despite its brutal quelling by the government. In response to the revolt, the government appointed the Indigo Commission in 1860