why did British force the Indian farmers to grow Indigo and opium how it was effective in Indian economy
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British forced the Indian farmers to grow opium and indigo since these both crops were in abundance at that time and the British took the advantage of this and forced the farmers so that they can transport it to their own country England and to other parts of the world to earn money, thereby declining the crops in India. Hence it declined the economy in India as the farmers got poorer and poorer because the British took away all their crops
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A farmer can grow subsistence crops or cash crops . He can grow wheat , rice , vegetables for his family and sell anything leftover in the local market.
cash crops on the other hand have to be sold to buy subsistence for your family . However many cash crops have only an international market and not a local one. After all how much indigo do you need to dye all the clothes in your village.
the East India company was interested in international trade. they forced the local farmers to produce cash crops for the international market for their trading purpose
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