Imagine u are a riot who participated in the blue rebellion . You are being interviewed by a newspaper reporter . Share your thoughts about the incidence .
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Classroom Activities
Below are some activities to be conducted in the classroom to enable interaction between students.
Discuss and Debate
The ryoti system was not in favour of the cultivators.
Indigo could be cultivated only on fertile lands.
Colour does have a history.
The zamindars were not capable of investing in the improvement of land.
Agree or Disagree
The indigo ryots had the support of the local zamindars and village headmen in their rebellion against the planters.
Under the ryoti system, the planters forced the ryots to sign a contract, an agreement also known as ‘satta’.
Indigo cultivation was done under two systems known as ‘nij’ and ‘ryoti’.
The indigo plant mostly grows in the tropics.
Indigo was in the great demand in Antarctica.
By the late 18th century, the Company was trying its best to expand the cultivation of opium and indigo in India.
Ideas for Action
Look into the history of either tea or coffee plantations in India. See how the life of workers in these plantations was similar to or different from that of workers in indigo plantations.
Find out more about the Champaran movement and Mahatma Gandhi’s role in it.
Imagine a conversation between a planter and a peasant who is being forced to grow indigo. What reasons would the planter give to persuade the peasant? What problems would the peasant point out? Enact their conversation.
Imagine you are a witness giving evidence before the Indigo Commission, and W.S. Seton Karr asks you “On what condition will ryots grow indigo?” What will your answer be?
Imagine that you are a Company representative sending a report back to England about the conditions in rural areas under Company rule. What would you write?
Answer:
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.
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