Question

I want to know about indigo rebellion. ​

Answer 1

The Indigo Rebellion took place in the year 1859- 1860 in Nadia district of Bengal in which the local indigo farmers revolted against the British government and the British monopoly over the trade rights of indigo.

Explanation:

• The cultivation of indigo started in India in as early as 1777.
• The growth of cotton mills in Europe was supported from the cotton produced in India and dyed by indigo also produced in India.
• But for local farmers indigo was not the product that they naturally grew in their lands. That's why farmers faced the problems of food shortage.
• Also, due to the monopoly of British traders, they could not sell their products of indigo to others, and the price given by British traders was very low.
• Fuelled by hunger and debt the farmers started the indigo rebellion in Nadia district by refusing to grow indigo and when police was sent to tackle the situation, the farmers attacked the police.
• Soon the movement spread across Bengal. The movement was supported by Bengali intellectuals, and by the local farmers.
• This rebellion provided as a precursor for the Champaran Indigo Movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.
• In response of this rebellion, a committee called Indigo Commission was set up in 1860, which stated that farmers can no longer be forced to grow indigo.