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The Political Economy of Indigo farming in India and Champaran Satyagraha

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  • Singh, Bhanu Pratap

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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.

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  • Singh, Bhanu Pratap, 2017. "The Political Economy of Indigo farming in India and Champaran Satyagraha," MPRA Paper 100408, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:100408
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    1. Tirthankar Roy, 2011. "Indigo and law in colonial India," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 64(s1), pages 60-75, February.
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    Keywords

    Political Economy; Champaran Satyagraha; Indigo Farming;
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    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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