Indigo cultivation and export in Bengal under colonial demand (1750-1850)

1. Company control expands after Plassey victory

   Jun 23, 1757Labels: East India, Battle of

   • Britannica
   • NAM

2. Treaty of Allahabad grants Company Diwani rights

   Aug 16, 1765Labels: Treaty of, Diwani

   • Treaty Wiki
   • NAM

3. Great Bengal famine shocks agrarian governance

   Jan 1, 1769Labels: Great Bengal, Bengal

   • Famine Wiki

4. New indigo factory technology arrives near Chandannagar

   Jan 1, 1772Labels: Chandannagar, Indigo factory

   • Springer

5. Bengal indigo exports begin rapid expansion

   Jan 1, 1783Labels: Bengal indigo, Exports

   • Springer

6. Permanent Settlement fixes land revenue via zamindars

   Jan 1, 1793Labels: Permanent Settlement, Zamindars

   • Permanent Wiki
   • Revenue Wiki

7. Bengal becomes major global supplier by 1800

   Jan 1, 1800Labels: Bengal indigo, Global supplier

   • Springer

8. Export peak in 1815–1816 intensifies cultivation pressure

   Jan 1, 1815Labels: Export peak, Indigo production

   • Springer

9. Private traders dominate indigo export by 1830

   Jan 1, 1830Labels: Private traders, Parliament

   • Hansard

10. Bengal’s indigo industry scales to hundreds of concerns

    Jan 1, 1831Labels: Indigo concerns, Bengal countryside

    • Springer

11. Indigo Revolt begins with organized refusal in Nadia

    Mar 1, 1859Labels: Indigo Revolt, Nadia district

    • Britannica

12. Nil Darpan published, amplifying criticism of indigo system

    Jan 1, 1860Labels: Nil Darpan, Dinabandhu Mitra

    • Britannica
    • Nil Darpan

13. Indigo Act and Indigo Commission investigate planter coercion

    Aug 1, 1860Labels: Indigo Act, Indigo Commission

    • Britannica

14. By 1860, Bengal indigo industry declines after revolt

    Dec 31, 1860Labels: Industry decline, Bengal indigo

    • Britannica