Question

Two crops exported by Indian farmers representing globalisation during colonial period

Answer 1

Two major crops exported by Indian farmers during colonial period were cotton and Indigo. It also includes jute, silk, tea, spices, etc.

Explanation:

• Before the colonial rule, the indian farmers grew food grains generally for their own consumption, and if the productivity and the climatic conditions were good, and the produce was surplus, they used to store this for further use.
• But after the coming of British, especially after 1757 and the Permanent Settlement Act of 1793, the farmers of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa were forced to grow indigo to dye the clothes of English mills.
• Indigo was no good for the farmers, as they cannot feed on it, and the prices of food gains were exceptionally high for them.
• After the synthetic version of indigo was being used, the export of the Indigo decreased, and now cotton became the most exported product from india.
• Cotton was also used in the mills of cotton factories in England
• But other products like spices, tea, silk, etc was also being imported by the English company