Question

Why were Indian farmers forced by British to grow cotton and indigo

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Indian farmers were highly forced by the British institution to cultivate various cash crops which were in high demand in the other part of the world. It was done to maximize the profit they can get from utilising in India. One of the major cash crop that was made to cultivate in the region of Gujarat was the Indigo plant. Indigo plant has a huge demand in the whole Europe for which they made us to cultivate such crop. Hope this answers helps you. Please mark the answer as the brainiest if you like my answer. Thanks.