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- Indigo planting started in Bengal as early as 1777.
- It was first planted by one British Louis Bonard.
- When the British Power expanded, the Indigo planting was emphasized because of the high demand for the Blue Dye in Europe.
- The peasants were compelled to plant Indigo rather than the food Crops.
- The peasants were provided loans called 'dadon' for indigo planting which was at a very high-interest rate.
- Indigo farmers received very low returns for their crops.
- The land under Indigo degraded the land for cultivation of any further crop.
- The contract conditions under which Indigo planters kept the cultivators were harsh.
- The loan made the people indebted and resulted in a rebellion.
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