Q4. Why did the Britain needed indigo? What caused Britain to encourage its cultivation in India?
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Britain needed indigo because it produced a rich blue after dyeing the clothes. ... Britain wanted a new market to cultivate indigo to fullfill its demand in britain so it started cultivation in Indai, as indian climatic conditions were favourable for indigo cultivation.
The British expanded the areas under Indigo cultivation because this was used as a commercial crop more cultivation meant more produce which in turn make there profits large. The new plantation owners were European monopolistic indigo planters.
With the the initiation of the Industrial revolution in Britain, the demand for dye also increased. Thus the British forced the plantation of indigo in the Indian soil. ... This compelled the British to push the Indian farmers to produce more indigo instead of the food grains on their lands.
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