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The Indigo revolt (or Nil bidroha; Bengali: নীল বিদ্রোহ) was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters, that arose in Bengal in 1859, and continued for over a year.
The Indigo Revolt began as a nonviolent strike in March 1859, as the ryots of a village in Bengal’s Nadia district all agreed to refuse to grow any more indigo.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
It was the Summer of 1859 in Bengal when thousands of ryots (peasants) refused to grow indigo for the European planters (owners of land and indigo factories). It was a show of rage and undying resolve. It became one of the most remarkable peasant movements of Indian history.
Nov 14, 2022 · The Indigo Revolt (aka Indigo Riots or Blue Mutiny) of 1859-60 in Bengal, India, involved indigo growers going on strike in protest at working conditions and pay. The subsequent violence was aimed at exploitative European plantation owners, but the cause was, during and after, taken up by anti-colonial Indian liberals as an example of the ...
- Mark Cartwright
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.
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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Jan 17, 2023 · History. 5385 views. The Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 was the most militant and widespread of the peasant movements. The tenants were forced to grow indigo, which was processed in factories set up in rural (mofussil) areas by the indigo planters, who were almost all Europeans.
