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Why was the Indigo Commission set up by the government? What were its outcomes?

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The government set up the Indigo Commission to enquire into the misery of the ryots, the tyranny of the planters, and the horrors of the indigo system

The Commission held the planters guilty and criticised them for the coercive methods they used with indigo cultivators. It declared that indigo production was not profitable for ryots. The Commission asked the ryots to fulfil their existing contracts but also told them that they could refuse to grow indigo in future.

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