Question

What was the cause of Indigo Revolt in 1859 – 60?

Answer 1

• The European indigo planters compelled the tenant farmers to grow indigo in terms highly disadvantageous to the farmers.
• The tenant farmer was forced to sell it cheap to the planter and accepted advances from the planter that benefitted the latter.
• There were also cases of kidnapping, looting, flogging, and burning.
• Led by Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas, the ryots of the Nadia district gave up indigo cultivation in September 1859.
• Factories were burnt down and the revolt spread.