GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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wheat
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Indigo
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cotton
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sugarcane
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term Tinkathia literally means three Kathas, which is a unit of measurement for land used in India. In Indian units of measurement, each Bigha is subdivided into twenty Kathas. The Tinkathia System forced Indian peasants to grow only Indigo on three out of every twenty Kathas in each Bigha.
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: The European planters at Champaran in Gujarat practised illegal methods of indigo cultivation and forced the Indian peasants to cultivate Indigo on 3/20th part of their land holding. This was called Tinkathia system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indigo was cultivated through the ryotic system. In this system planters made the ryots to sign a contract or an agreement. After taking the loan the farmer was committed to grow indigo at 25% of the land holding. The seeds were provided by the British.