INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Indigo Rebellion. Indigo Disturbances were upheavals after the Revolt of 1857.

Detailed explanation-2: -The immediate factor was the introduction of the ‘Enfield’ rifle. It was said that the cartridge of this rifle was wrapped in the fat of cow and pig. The cartridge had to be bitten off before loading it into the gun.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indigo Revolt of 1859–60 in Bengal, India, was a peasant movement against the exploitative practices of Indigo planters. The tenants were forced to grow indigo, which was purchased from them at throwaway prices and processed in factories set up by indigo planters, almost all of whom were Europeans.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Indigo Rebellion was an addition to the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, which resulted in the East India Company’s nearly century-long rule being ceded to the British Crown. The Rebellion hastened the process of British resistance not only in Bengal but throughout India.