UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2023 · Q2(c) · 10 marks
The root of the whole question behind the Indigo Revolt ‘is the struggle to make the raiyats grow indigo plants without paying them the price of it’. Analyse. [10 M]
- Chapter
- Indian Response to British Rule
- Topic
- Peasant Movements and the Indigo Revolt
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