Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET October 2020 Political Science
Consider the statements in the light of the Indigo Riots, Bengal. Which of the statements given above is correct?
- I. The Bengal intelligentsia organised a powerful campaign in support of the rebellious peasants
- II. Despite this agitation, the abuses of indigo cultivation continued in parts of eastern India
- III. Bishnucharan Biswas and Digambar Biswas played a prominent role
- IV. The peasants refused to cultivate indigo and put up resistance against the oppressive European planters
ABoth I and II
BBoth III and IV
CI, II and IV ✓ Correct
DAll of these
Correct answer: (C) I, II and IV — The keyed correct set is statements I, II and IV.
Explanation
★The keyed correct set is statements I, II and IV.
★The Indigo Revolt, the Nil Bidroha of 1859 to 1860 in Bengal, was a peasant refusal to grow indigo for European planters.
★The Bengal intelligentsia backed the peasants strongly, seen in Dinabandhu Mitra's play "Nil Darpan" and Harish Chandra Mukherjee's writing.
★The peasants refused cultivation and resisted the planters, which is statement four.
★Although the revolt curbed forced indigo in Bengal, planter pressure and abuses persisted in parts of eastern India, which is statement two.
★For the Indigo revolt, anchor: 1859 to 1860, Nil Darpan, and the Biswas brothers as local leaders.
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