Question

why did east india company promted to grow cash crop in india

Answer 1

Well,I would like to answer it in brief.The Britishers were the colonial masters of the Indian Subcontinent and ruled it for almost 200 years. The colonial experiment began with the advent of the English East India Company in the 1600 s. They began trading activities in India and their sole purpose was profit.This continued till 1857.After the anti British Revolt(Revolt against the Company Raj) in 1857,the rule of the company came to an end and India was put under the direct control of the British Crown under Queen Victoria.However,the trading and commercial activities did take place post 1857.The British were mainly interested in getting the raw materials from India and products such as Indigo was one of them. They also encouraged Indian farmers to grow cash crops like tea,jute etc which was based on their profit motive. Indigo was a type of Indian dye and was in high demand in Britain at that time,so the British forced the Indian farmers to grow Indigo. Even there was a revolt against the Indigo Plantation known as the Indigo Revolt or Neel Vidroh(In Hindi).


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