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The Indigo Revolt: Bengal's Blue Gold Uprising of 1859
In this episode of The Hidden History of Bengal, Lucas and Luna explore the Indigo Revolt of 1859–60, a grassroots uprising that shook the British East India Company's grip on Bengal. They trace the rise of indigo cultivation in the early 19th century, driven by European planters who forced tenant farmers, or ryots, into exploitative contracts. Central figures include the planter William Sherburne, whose misuse of the 'Blue Book' exposed the brutality, and the Bengali reformer Harish Chandra Mukherjee, who used his newspaper, The Hindu Patriot, to champion the peasants'…
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