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Indigo

Question
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How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?

Solution

Till the agreement the British planters were behaving like lords above law. They were deceitfully and illegally extorting money from the planters. With the settlement they were obliged to surrender part of the money and part of their indigo prestige. By now the peasants gained courage and confidence. They knew their rights. By and by the British planters left their estates and the share-cropping disappeared forever.