write a short note on the rebellion of bengal
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1]The Sannyasi rebellion or Sannyasi Revolt (1770-1820) were the activities of sannyasis of Bengal against the East India Company rule in the late 18th century.
2]They started losing land holdings due to poor output.
3]The revolt began as the peasants stopped paying rents.
4]In March 1859, the revolt became more organized when thousands of Ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo.
5]They attacked the Indigo factories with whatever weapons they had
6]The British control over Bengal after battles of Plassey and Buxar led to increase in land tax and exploitation of the peasants.
7]Further, the Bengal Famine of 1770 led to drop in production and many Zamindars could not pay the taxes
8]Majnun Shah, the leader of a large group of fakirs who were traveling through Bengal, claimed in 1772 that 150 of them had been killed without cause in the previous year. Such repression was one of the reasons that caused distress leading to violence, especially in Natore in Rangpur, now in modern Bangladesh.
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