Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857 ?

Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857 ? Correct Answer Indigo Disturbances

The correct answer is Indigo Disturbances.

Key Points

  • The Indigo revolt was a peasant movement that rose in Bengal in 1859.
  • It was also known as Nil bidroha.
  • Peasants were compelled to plant Indigo rather than Food Crops.
  • They were provided loans called 'dadon' for indigo planting which was at a high-interest rate. And eventually, it resulted in a rebellion.

Additional Information

  • The peasant movement or the revolt started from the villages of Gobindapur and Chaugacha in Krishnanagar, Nadia district.
  • Digambar Biswas and Bishnucharan Biswas first led the rebellion against the planters in Bengal in 1859.
  • It spread rapidly in Birbhum, Burdwan, Pabna, Khulna, and Narail, Murshidabad.

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Each of the questions below consists of a question and three statements numbered I, II and III given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the three statements and give answer. There are six letters E, I, P, G, N and O is PIGEON the word formed after performing the following operations using these six letters only? I. O is placed fourth to the right of P. G is not placed immediately next to either P or O. II. N is placed immediately next (either left or right) to O. E is placed immediately next (either left or right) to G. III. Both I and E are placed immediately next to G. The word does not begin with N. P is not placed immediately next to E.