The Political Economy of Indigo farming in India and Champaran Satyagraha

Bhanu Pratap Singh

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Abstract: The study examines the political economy of indigo farming in Champaran, British India. The nexus of Zamindars and planters gave birth to the draconian law of Teenkathiya settlement. Falling returns on natural indigo and tuff competition from synthetic indigo made peasants more vulnerable. Gandhi Satyagraha, the abolition of Teenkathiya settlement and socio-political impact of the movement is also analysed in the study.

Keywords: Political Economy; Champaran Satyagraha; Indigo Farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B15 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in In Book: Champaran Satyagraha: A Socio-Political Cruciable ISBN 978-81-8329-859-9 (2017): pp. 197-207

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