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The Blue Rebellion was an uprising of Indian peasants against oppressive British indigo planters in 1859. The peasants refused to grow indigo and pay unfair rents, attacking planter factories and agents. They were supported by local leaders frustrated by planter tactics. The British government, wary after the 1857 rebellion, tried to resolve the conflict. An investigation found the planters used coercion, so peasants no longer had to grow indigo. Indigo production collapsed in Bengal but planters took their

Author

Amitabh Chaturvedi

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