g. What was the “Blue Rebellion”? Discuss its causes and consequences.
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Explanation:
The Blue Rebellion started in March 1859, when the Indian farmers in Bengal refused to grow and cultivate the indigo plants. These farmers refused to pay the rent to the planters and instead beat them up and attacked the indigo factories.
After the Blue Rebellion, the production of indigo in Bengal had collapsed and the planters moved to Bihar for their operation.
When Gandhi returned from South Africa, he was requested to visit Champaran in Bihar. Gandhi visited Champaran in 1917 and experimented with his Satyagraha movement for the first time here. This was called as the Champaran movement and it successfully freed the farmers from the oppressive cultivation of indigo.
Answer:
blue rebellion started by the farmers who were forced by the Britishers to grow indigo.
causes
1) the indigo plantation destroy the land
2) the farmers were unable to pay revenue
3) those who were not able to grow they were beaten by Britishers
consequences
1) the indigo production collapsed
2) new indigo commission were set up
3)indigo plantation shifted from Bengal to bihar