Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What was the cause of Indigo Revolt in 1859 – 60?
Short/Brief Note
Advertisements
Solution
- 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.
shaalaa.com
Peasants Revolts
Is there an error in this question or solution?
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Moplah Rebellion was held in ______.
Deccan Riots held in ______ districts.
______ Bengali drama to draw the misery of the indigo – cultivators.
Nil – Darpan drama wrote in ______ Language
The first revolt which can be regarded as a peasants revolt was the Santhal Rebellion in 1855 – 1656.
The newspaper, ______ brought to light the misery of the cultivators several times.
The lands of the peasants of Bardoli were returned when the ______ came to power in 1937.
Consider the following statement and choose the appropriate answer
Which of the following statements is not true about Pabna Revolt.
How Deccan Riots (1875) converted to uprisings?
Narrate the course of the Pabna Revolt.
