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Answer 1:-

• Indigo was also cultivated in India, which was also the earliest major center for its production and processing.
• The I. tinctoria species was domesticated in India. Indigo, used as a dye, made its way to the Greeks and the Romans, where it was valued as a luxury product.
• The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroho) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British planters who had forced them to grow indigo under terms that were greatly unfavourable to the farmers. Indigo cultivation started in Bengal in 1777. Indigo was in high demand worldwide.
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Answer 2:-

• In the seventeenth century, the EIC was primarily engaged in export- ing Indian goods to Europe.
• Thus, after the establishment of its factory in Surat in 1608, the EIC invested in indigo and exported large quantities of it to England every year.

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What is East India company?

• The East India Company, also known as the Honourable East India Company, East India Trading Company, the English East India Company or the British East India Company, and informally known as John Company, Company Bahadur, or simply The Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company