INDIGO REVOLT
Jency
Grade 8, Social Science - History
Oct 9, 2024
Description:
• Indigo cultivation started in Bengal in 1777.• Indigo was in high demand worldwide. Trade in indigo was lucrative due to the demand for blue dye in Europe.
• European planters enjoyed a monopoly over indigo and they forced Indian farmers to grow indigo by signing fraudulent deals with them.
• The cultivators were forced to grow indigo in place of food crops.
• They were advanced loans for this purpose. Once the farmers took loans, they could never repay it due to the high rates of interest.
• The tax rates were also exorbitant.
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