Question

Between 1866 A.D. and 1868 A.D. Champaran in Bihar witnessed a revolt. The revolt was
against which of the following:
(a) Against the Indigo planting
(b) Against the wheat planting
(c) Against the Cotton planting (d) Against the Sugarcane planting
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Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Against the indigo planting

Answer 2

Between 1866 A.D. and 1868 A.D. Champaran in Bihar witnessed a revolt. The revolt was against the Indigo planting

• The Champaran Satyagraha, which was the first civil disobedience movement, is another name for this movement.
• The British plantation owners during this time compelled the farmers to produce indigo instead of the crops they intended to raise for survival on a section of their land.
• Due to restrictions on their ability to sell other commodities in the market, the farmers were obliged to sell the indigo to the British at reduced rates.
• Additionally, the cultivation of indigo was linked to unfair methods. All these reasons led to a revolt.
• Therefore, one of the first instances of a successful peasant uprising against the British Raj was the Champaran Indigo Revolt, which was led by farmers, most of whom were indigo growers.

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