Indigo and the Raj: Peasant Protests in Bihar, 1780-1917British policy towards indigo cultivation in Bihar and its impact on tenantry and labor. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
British Policy Towards Indigo Cultivation | 13 |
Indigo Kothis and Systems of Cultivation | 42 |
Copyright | |
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acres agricultural annas area under indigo Ashley Eden assamiwar Babu Bettia Bhagalpur bigha Bihar District Gazetteers Brahmins British Calcutta capitalist cent Champaran district Commissioner of Patna Company complaints Court cultivate indigo cultivation of indigo Darbhanga district Delhi disputes established Europeans factory was built Final Report Gandhi Girish Mishra Government of Bengal Government of India History of Bihar Ibid indigo concerns indigo contracts indigo cultivation indigo factories indigo growing indigo industry kathas Kumar labourers land landlords lease Lieutenant Governor Madhubani Magistrate of Madhubani Magistrate of Tirhut Maharaja Manager Motihari movement Muzaffarpur district Native Newspapers Newspapers of Bengal nineteenth century North Bihar Officiating Magistrate op.cit oppression outworks paid Pandaul pargana Patna Division Peasant peasantry petition Petitioners production proprietors Purnia district raiyats Raja rent Rupees Saran district Settlement Operation Singh sow indigo Survey and Settlement system of cultivation system of indigo Tajpur tenants thana thikadars Vaishali district villages Wilson zamindars