#IndigoRevolt captures stark differences between 19th c #Hindu #cultivators (#ryot) in #BritishIndia & #Jewish ones from same time in what is now known as #Israel

Under #BritishYoke, ryots in the #India #colony were FORCED to plant #indigo instead of food crops on their own lands

When groups of settlers BOUGHT #ME land to cultivate it for themselves because they were barred from that in lands they had fled due to persecution, eg #Romania, #colonies meant something else

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_revolt

‘Grow #indigo in 3 kathas of each bigha’ –How the British forced Indians into debt, starvation
https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/grow-indigo-in-3-kathas-of-each-bigha-how-the-british-forced-indians-into-debt-starvation/973264/

#Colonialism #IndigoRevolt #India #BritishEmpire