Question

What were the causes of blue rebellion

Answer 1

Answer:

The blue rebellion began just two years after the great revolt of 1857 and it worried the British.

The rebellion prompted the government to bring in the military to safeguard the planters and to set up the indigo commission to investigate further into the situation.

After the blue rebellion, indigo production in Bengal collapsed, and the indigo planters shifted base to Bihar.

In 1917, Gandhiji visited Champaran in Bihar and moved by the plight of the ryots, initiated a movement against the indigo planters, known as the Champaran movement.

Answer 2

Farmers had to face many problems in indigo cultivation on the orders of british government.