How did the blue rebellion of 1859 spread? Why were the peasants confident that the British government would support them? (3+2 = 5 marks)
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Answer: THE BLUE REBELLION
Explanation:
Blue rebellion was a peasant uprising of indigo farmers against indigo plantation. it started in march 1859 in Bengal.
Even so, the rebellion proved to be an important watershed in Indian- and British Empire history. It led to the dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to reorganize the army, the financial system, and the administration in India, through passage of the Government of India Act 1858.
Charles Canning, the Governor-General of India during the rebellion. Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, who devised the Doctrine of Lapse. Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse.
The revolt started from the villages of - Gobindapur and Chaugacha in Krishnanagar, Nadia district, where Bishnucharan Biswas and Digambar Biswas first led the rebellion against the planters in Bengal ,1859. It spread rapidly in Murshidabad, Birbhum, Burdwan, Pabna, Khulna, and Narail. Some indigo planters were given a public trial and executed. The indigo depots were burned down. Many planters fled to avoid being caught. The zamindars were also targets of the rebellious peasants.
The peasants rose in revolt against this injustice on many occasions.The peasants in Bengal formed their union and revolted against the compulsion of cultivating indigo.
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Answer:
In March 1859 thousands of ryots in bengal refused to grow indigo. As the rebellion spread, ryotes refused to pay the rents to the planters, and attacked indigo factories armed with swords and spears, bows and arrow.