why was the peasants of Bengal revolt against the indigo planters
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The Indigo revolt (or Nil vidroha) was apeasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters that arose in Bengal in 1859.
Cause lead to revolt - Indigo planting in Bengal dated back to 1777. With expansion of British power in theNawabate of Bengal, indigo planting became more and more commercially profitable because of the demand for blue dye in Europe. It was introduced in large parts of Burdwan, Bankura,Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, andJessore (present Bangladesh). The indigo planters persuaded the peasants to plant indigo instead of food crops. They provided loans, called dadon, at a very high interest. Once a farmer took such loans he remained in debt for his whole life before passing it to his successors
Cause lead to revolt - Indigo planting in Bengal dated back to 1777. With expansion of British power in theNawabate of Bengal, indigo planting became more and more commercially profitable because of the demand for blue dye in Europe. It was introduced in large parts of Burdwan, Bankura,Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, andJessore (present Bangladesh). The indigo planters persuaded the peasants to plant indigo instead of food crops. They provided loans, called dadon, at a very high interest. Once a farmer took such loans he remained in debt for his whole life before passing it to his successors
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The peasants of Bengal revolted against the indigo planters because the indigo was the plant by which drugs and drugatic medicines were made and it gave profit to England and foreign countries and also made the fields infertile and gave rise to problems for the farmers and thus they revolted against the indigo farming
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