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The Indigo Revolt of 1859: Bengal's Blue Gold Uprising
In 1859, months after the suppression of the Sepoy Rebellion, a new uprising shook British Bengal — not of sepoys or princes, but of peasants and planters over indigo. This episode unpacks the forgotten Indigo Revolt: how European planters forced Bengali ryots to grow indigo at gunpoint, the brutal system of advances and retaliation, the role of the Bengali intelligentsia like Harish Chandra Mukherjee, and the government's Indigo Commission that exposed the crimes. We explore the economic logic of 'blue gold,' the geography of rebellion in Nadia, Jessore, and Pabna, and why…
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