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The Indigo Rebellion: Bengal's Peasant War Against Blue Gold
In 1859, Bengal's peasants rose up against the brutal indigo plantation system. This episode explores the Indigo Rebellion—a peasant war that shook British rule. Lucas and Luna uncover how the East India Company's insatiable demand for blue dye led to forced cultivation, violent planters, and a revolt led by Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas in Nadia. They discuss the role of the play 'Nil Darpan' by Dinabandhu Mitra, the trial of Reverend James Long, and the eventual Indigo Commission that exposed the atrocities. This is a story of resistance, literature, and the fight…
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