Why Were Indians Forced To Grow Indigo Under British Rule?
Cultivation of cash crops during British rule. Explain this police in which indian were forced to grow indigo. What were the disadvantages of growing indigo for indian farmers?
Why Were Indians Forced To Grow Indigo Under British Rule?
The British came to India in a camouflaged manner to start trade with the flourished Indian markets. But later they began to be involved in the political and supreme matters of India. India was then divided into several princely states, this lessened division of Indian people led to the colonization by Britain. Indian market became crippled due to the new policies by the Britain. These new policies were aimed at looting Indian markets and exploiting farmers only with the goal of economic prosperity. As a part of this strategy, Britain began to make Indian farmers in Bengal plant Indigo crops, which were used for dyeing and other industrial purposes. Even the Nawabs were under the control of Britain. Farmers were given loans at high interest; they were forced to plant Indigo, but they gained no profit from it. Indigo crops began to substitute for food crops, which led to famine and hunger. Government and landlords too stood with the planters and farmers had no other way rather to protest. Many Bengal families supported the protest, and even a book named ‘Neel Darpan ‘by ‘Deenbandu Mitra ‘was banned in fear of igniting a protest among people. This protest later came to be known popularly as the Indigo Revolt
– Written By Edutuber Mallu
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