Question

Why does Europeans pressurized their government to ban the import of indigo

Answer 1

European pressurized their government to ban the import because the plants woad they produced was dull and pale which cannot be in high demand like Indian indigo

Answer 2

• Indian Indigo was grown in Limited quantities and sold at very high prices in the European markets.

• In order to remove the competition from Indian Indigo, European woad producers pressurized the government to ban the import of Indigo.