The peasants paid the British landlords a portion of their produce, typically one-third of their crop, as rent for the land they cultivated. However, the British landlords began demanding that the farmers grow indigo instead of other crops, wanting the entire output of indigo as a rent payment. This shift was motivated by the rising demand for indigo in Europe and the introduction of synthetic indigo, which threatened to reduce the prices of natural indigo significantly. The impact of synthetic indigo was detrimental to the farmers, as it led to an oversupply, causing prices to plummet and leaving the peasants in dire economic straits due to their reliance on the fluctuating indigo market.
This question related to Chapter: 5 English Class 12th NCERT.
From the chapter Indigo.
Give answer according to your understanding.
India was a colony of Britain and the ruling party was British. Their every order had to be obeyed by the Indians. They ordered the farmers of Champaran would cultivate indigo on 15% of their land and would give the money that came from it to the government as “rent”. Now Germany had started producing synthetic indigo, after which there was no need for natural indigo. When the British government stopped selling natural indigo and collecting rent, they asked for compensation from the farmers. With the advent of synthetic indigo, the work of natural indigo must have been greatly affected. Sharp decline must have come in the prices of natural one because when competition arises, prices fall.
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