Explain the exact situation what happend in the blue rebellion
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In Bengal in March 1859, with thousands of ryots started a rebellion against indigo cultivation known as the blue rebellion or the indigo revolt. The ryots armed with spears, bows and arrows and swords attacked the indigo factories and planters.
The blue rebellion began just two years after the great revolt of 1857 and it worried the British.
The rebellion prompted the government to bring in the military to safeguard the planters and to set up the indigo commission to investigate further into the situation.
After the blue rebellion, indigo production in Bengal collapsed, and the indigo planters shifted base to Bihar.
In 1917, Gandhiji visited Champaran in Bihar and moved by the plight of the ryots, initiated a movement against the indigo planters, known as the Champaran movement.Answer: The rebellion prompted the government to bring in the military to safeguard the planters and to set up the indigo commission to investigate further into the situation. After the blue rebellion, indigo production in Bengal collapsed, and the indigo planters shifted base to ndian farmers rebelled against being forced to grow indigo plants. In March 1859, thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo. This was known as the Blue rebellion.
The Blue Rebellion and After
- In March 1859, thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo and protested violently against indigo planters; many farmers declared that they would rather beg than grow indigo for the Company.
- The ryots also got support of the local zamindars and village headman in their rebellion, because the landlords were also unhappy with the increasing power of the British indigo planters.
- The indigo peasants thought that the British government might help them in their struggle against the indigo planters, and the British government was already worried about another rebellion breaking out in India (after the Revolt of 1857 that resulted in the deaths of many British and Indian men, women, and children).
- As the rebellion spread, intellectuals from Calcutta rushed to the indigo districts and wrote of the misery of the ryots, the tyranny of the planters, and the horrors of the indigo system.
- Worried by the rebellion, the government brought in the military to protect the planters from assault and set up the Indigo Commission to enquire into the system of indigo production.
- The Commission found that the planters were guilty, criticised them for the forceful methods they used with indigo cultivators, and finally declared that indigo production was not profitable for the ryots. So although the Commission asked the ryots to fulfil their existing contracts, it also told them that they could refuse to produce indigo in the future.