Question

why did britain need indigo? what caused britain to encourage its cultivation in India?In very small answer

Answer 1

Indigo is very valueable at that time, and British earn more money on selling of it

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

Indigo plants grow in the tropics and Indian indigo was used by cloth manufacturers  in Italy, France, and Britain to dye cloth. Small amounts of Indian indigo reached the  European market and its price were very high. Therefore, European cloth  manufacturers had to depend on another plant called woad to make violet and blue  dyes. Indigo produced a rich blue colour, whereas the dye from the woad was pale  and dull. By the end of the eighteenth century, the demand for Indian indigo grew  further. While the demand for indigo increased, its existing supplies from the West  Indies and America collapsed for a variety of reasons. Between 1783 and 1789 the  production of indigo in the world fell by half.

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