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In 1859, the peasants of Bengal took a bold stand against British oppression in what became known as the Indigo Revolt. 🇮🇳 Forced to cultivate indigo under...
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India was known for its cotton textiles through the Middle Ages, and by the mid-16th century Gujarat in northwest India was major a source of indigo, the deep blue-violet dye used to colour cotton and other materials. Indigo was in high demand by the European trading companies, including the British East India Company(EIC) which made large profits ...
Indigo plantation owners, many of whom had experience of running plantations in the West Indies, were one of the few categories of settlers the East India Company allowed into its territory in India. This was because the agricultural land was already densely populated but indigo was such a lucrative trade that indigo investors became an exception. ...
Trouble in the indigo industry began in the mid-19th century when there was a global economic slump which caused the price to plummet. To recoup money lost on contracts, the small-scale cultivators of indigo were now squeezed into producing dye material as they had always done, but at 30-50% of the market price. In addition, middlemen who collected...
The authorities eventually quashed the riots, and an Indigo Inquiry Commission was established to investigate the failings of the industry. The Bengalese did not forget. Dinabandhu Mitra (1830-1873), a Bengalese postmaster and railway inspector, wrote a play in 1860 based on the 'Blue Mutiny', his Nil Darpan ('The Blue Mirror'). This play was a gre...
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Indigo Revolt, rebellion of peasant farmers in 1859–60 in the Bengal region of northeastern India against British indigo planters.
The Indigo revolt, also known as the Nil Bidroha, was a peasant movement against the exploitative practices of British indigo planters in Bengal from 1859-1860. Thousands of farmers refused to grow indigo and attacked indigo factories in protest.
May 26, 2024 · Thousands of ryots (peasants) in Bengal refused to grow indigo for the European planters (owners of land and indigo factories) during the summer of 1859. It was an act motivated by rage and unyielding resolve.
- Bishnu Biswas and Digambar Biswas were the main leaders of the Indigo Revolt.
- Primary cause of revolt was exploitation of peasants by Indigo planters who were mostly Europeans.
- Peasants who were the victims fully supported the rebels.
- For dying cotton, which was in huge demand across the world, especially in British colonies during this time due to the Industrial Revolution in Br...
- The British Government had to appoint a commission that was highly critical of the practices adopted by planters. As a result, indigo cultivation s...
Aug 1, 2017 · The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroho) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British planters who had forced them to grow indigo under terms that were greatly unfavourable to the farmers.
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Oct 14, 2024 · The Indigo revolt was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against indigo planters that erupted in 1859 in Chaugacha village of Nadia, Bengal. The most militant and widespread of the peasant movements was the Indigo Revolt of 1859-60.
