why did British force the Indian farmers to grow Indigo and opium how it was effect in Indian economy
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the British forced Indian farmers to grow indigo and opium as they used them for their industrial uses and the used to clear all the forest and cut the healthy trees and used that land to grow indigo and opium so it was not good for India in long run and it depleted a large forest cover in India
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To generate wealth, the Indian farmers forced to grow Indigo and opium.
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- British introduced few commercial crops in which opium and Indigo were part of it.
- Britain increased exports of opium to China to occupy against Chinese tea trade.
- By the middle of the 19th century, opium was by far the biggest export of India until the 1880s.
- Indigo was a major export in Europe because of its natural way to dye cloths.
- The Indian economy affected by it as farmers forced to grow crops in rich soil.
- Farmers encouraged to grow crops that were profitable to the British.
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