Ruling the Countryside
Lat's recall
1.Match the following:
ryot village
mahal peasant
nij cultivation on ryot's lands
ryoti cultivation on planter's own land
2. Fill in the blanks:
(a) Growers of woad in Europe saw ________ as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings?
Ans: Indigo.
(b) The demand for indigo increased in late eighteenth-century Britain because of ________?
Ans: Exlansion of cotton produetion.
(c) The imternational demand for indigi was affected by the discovery of_______?
Ans: syntheticaycs.
(d) The Champaran movement was against_________?
Ans: indigo planters.
Let's Jiscnss
3. decribe the main features of the Permanat Settlement?
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4. How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
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5. Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue?
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6. Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?
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7. What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
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Let's Jo
8. Find out more about the Champaran movement and Mahatma Gandhi's role in it?
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9. Look into the history of either tea or coffee plantations in India. See how the life of workers in these plantations was similar to or different fromthat of workers in indigo plantations?
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