Question

Briefly discuss the history of Indigo cultivation in India under the British and its effect on the lives of the farmers.​

Answer 1

Answer:

From the last decades of the eighteenth century, indigo cultivation in Bengal rapidly expanded. Only about 30% of indigo imported to Britain in 1788 was from India. This figure went up to 95% by 1810. Commercial agents and officials of the Company began investing in indigo production to increase their profit.

Explanation:

The indigo planters persuaded the peasants to plant indigo instead of food crops. But this plantation was not liked by the farmers because once you plant indigo , it will absorb all the minerals and nutrients from the soil and they couldn't grow anything else. This would barren the whole land.

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