Indigo: Made By-Divya Shinde

INDIGO
MADE BY-DIVYA SHINDE

TABLE OF CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• ABOUT AUTHOR
• REASON OF CHAMPARAN MOVEMENT
• EXPLANATION OF INDIAN FARMERS
• NEED OF INDIGO
• EFFECT OF INDIGO CULTURE
• CHAMPARAN TURNING POINT
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
Divya Shinde 12 English project
2021-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher
Anjum Momin, as well as our principal who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic Indigo, which
also helped me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know
about so many new things I am really thankful to them.
Secondly I would also like to thank my parents and friends who
helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time
frame.
About Author
Louis Fischer was a journalist and lecturer. He wrote many books
about the Soviet Union, including biographies and studies on
Stalin. In 1958, he became a research associate at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton. In 1961, he became a lecturer at
Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs. He died in 1970.
MAHATMA GANDHI
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)
was an Indian lawyer, ani-colonial
nationalist and political ethicist , who
employed non violent resistance to
lead the successful campaign for
India's Independence from British
rule, and to later inspire movements
for civil rights and freedom across the
world.
Reason Of Champaran Movement
When the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the European planters of
Indigo shifted their operations to Bihar. The farmers of Champaran, a village
in Bihar, were forced to grow indigo by the European planters instead of the
food crops which were necessary for their survival. The European planters
were destroying the productivity of the land which was the main reason for the
protest. Mahatma Gandhi was invited by some of the peasants to look after
their misery. Gandhiji accepted an invitation and started a mass movement
after seeing the plight of the indigo cultivators.
ISSUE WITH FARMERS
The farmers were thus forced to enter into another
contract to grow indigo, even though it was not profitable
for them. The ryots were never able to clear their debts
and stop growing indigo. Debts were often passed from
father to son. Planters also used intimidation and violence
to compel farmers to grow indigo.
The indigo farmers revolted in the Nadia district of Bengal
by refusing to grow indigo. They attacked the policemen
who intervened. The planters, in response to this,
increased the rents and evicted the farmers which led to
more agitations.
NEED OF INDIGO
Blue Dye was in immense demand in Europe. This
compelled the British to push the Indian farmers to produce
more indigo instead of the food grains on their lands. This
excess cultivation of indigo not only reduced the soil fertility
but also made the food grains less available.
EFFECT OF INDIGO CULTURE
The britishers forced Indian farmers to grow indigo because indigo
planting became more and more commercially profitable because
of the demand for blue dye in Europe. It was introduced in large
parts of Burdwan, Bankura, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, and
Jessore (present Bangladesh).
Indigo cultivation affecting the soil by soil erosion, taking the top
part of the soil and making soil not good for cultivation.
CHAMPARAN TURNING POINT
Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in
his life because he realized that civil disobedience, which had
triumphed for the first time, could go a long way in the freedom
struggle. Moreover, he had succeeded in making the peasants aware
of their rights and becoming confident. This success, thus, proved
the effectiveness of Gandhi's method of non-violence and non-
cooperation.
Champaran episode was a turning point in Gandhi’s life. He
declared that Britishers could not order him about in his own
country. In whatever he did, he tried to mould a new free Indian
who could stand on his own feet and thus make India free.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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• https://www.brainly.com
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