INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 3. Indigo Revolt 1859: The revolt began from Govindpur village in Nadia district of Bengal in 1859, where two peasants Digamber Biswas and Bishnu Biswas gave up indigo cultivation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ryots often did not earn enough to pay back the advance payment, and they easily fell into a cycle of debt and exploitation. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indigo was in high demand worldwide. Trade in indigo was lucrative due to the demand for blue dye in Europe. European planters enjoyed a monopoly over indigo and they forced Indian farmers to grow indigo by signing fraudulent deals with them. The cultivators were forced to grow indigo in place of food crops.

Detailed explanation-4: -The peasants were paid a pittance of only 2.5 percent of the market price by the planters. The production of indigo was not at all beneficial to the farmers which became the cause of the Indigo revolt. The poor farmers were forced and tortured to grow indigo unprotected from the indigo planters.