Question

Outbreak of indigo rebellion

Answer 1

Answer:

The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroho) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British planters who had forced them to grow indigo under terms that were greatly unfavourable to the farmers. Indigo cultivation started in Bengal in 1777. Indigo was in high demand worldwide.

Answer 2

After the Indigo Rebellion

The Indigo Commission's report made the conditions of the peasants slightly better, but the plantation still existed. It was only after Mahatma Gandhi visited Champaran in 1917, that the Champaran Movement against the indigo planters produced fruitful results.