Assertion : British force Indian Farmers to grow cash crop. Reason : The industrial revolution in England had created a demand for cash crop like cotton, indigo, jute and rubber.
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Besides collecting farm revenues, the British realised that they could use Indian villages to grow crops like opium and indigo which were in big demand at Europe.
They also forced farmers to produce jute in Bengal, tea in Assam, sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh, wheat in Punjab, cotton in Maharashtra and Punjab, and rice in Madras.
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l, Spain, and North America also started growing indigo other parts of the world such as South America.
Britain Turns to India
The Company tried many methods to increase indigo cultivation in India to meet its demand in Europe.
By the end of the 18th century, Bengal indigo came to dominate the world market. In 1788 only about 30% of the Indigo imported into Britain was from India, but by 1810 it went up to 95%.
Attracted by the prospect of high profits, numerous Scotsmen and Englishmen came to India and became indigo planters; those who had no money to produce indigo could get loans from the Company.
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