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Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)(RAS)

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Indian Economy - Understanding the basics of Indian economic system

Deen Bandhu Mitra’s play, Neel Darpan was famous for its depiction of

Police excessess upon the people during protests against the all white Simon Commission

Large scale violence unleashed by the British during Quit India Movement.

Exploitation of tribal people by the government officials and moneylenders.

Oppression of peasants at the hands of Indigo planters.

Neel Darpan:

The most militant and widespread of the peasant movements was the Indigo Revolt of 1859-60. The indigo planters, nearly all Europeans, compelled the tenants to grow indigo which they processed in factories set up in rural (mofussil) areas.
The planters forced the peasants to take a meager amount as advance and enter into fraudulent contracts. The price paid for the indigo plants was far below the market price.
A signi fi cant feature of the Indigo Revolt was the role of the intelligentsia of Bengal which organized a powerful campaign in support of the rebellious peasantry.
It carried on newspaper campaigns, organized mass meetings, prepared memoranda on peasants’ grievances and supported them in their legal battles. Outstanding in this respect was the role of Harish Chandra Mukherji, editor of the Hindoo Patriot.
Deen Bandhu Mitra’s play, Neel Darpan, was to gain great fame for vividly portraying the oppression by the planters