Indigo Trade in India

[Surya P. Mittal]

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 Bengal (India). Indigo Commission, 1860.
     Report of the Indigo Commission, 1860 / edited and 
   compiled by Pulin Das. -- Darjeeling : Publication 
   Bureau, University of North Bengal, [1992].
     xxxi, 164 p. ; 23 cm.
     1. Indigo industry--India--Bengal.
     $12.50                                       DK-88931

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 Rao, Amiya, 1909-
     The blue devil : indigo and colonial Bengal : with 
   an English translation of Neel darpan by Dinabandhu 
   Mitra / Amiya Rao and B.G. Rao. -- Delhi : Oxford 
   University Press, 1992.
     xvi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
     Map on lining paper.
     Bibliography: p. [171]-177.
     Includes glossary.
     1. Revolutionary literature, Bengali--India. 2. Bengali
   drama--Translations into English. 3. English drama--
   Translations from Bengali.
     ISBN 0-19-563090-4
     $23.30                                          DK-78617

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 Shukla, Prabhat Kumar, 1948-
     Indigo and the Raj : peasant protests in Bihar, 1780-
   1917 / Prabhat Kumar Shukla. -- Delhi, India : Pragati
   Publications, 1993.
     210 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
     One map on lining papers.
     Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of
   Bihar, 1989) under the title: Indigo plantation in
   Bihar : changing countours of British policy and
   management, 1860-1917.
     Bibliography: p. [175]-187.
     Includes glossary and index.
     1. Indigofera--India--Bihar. 2. Peasant uprisings--
   India--Bihar.
     ISBN 81-7307-004-0
     $20.80                                          DK-79574

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 Weston, Christine, 1904-
     Indigo / Christine Weston ; with an introduction by
   Saros Cowasjee. -- New Delhi : Published by Indus, an
   imprint of HarperCollins Publishers India, 1993.
     xiv, 345 p. ; 20 cm.
     A novel.
     Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's
   Sons, 1943.
     ISBN 81-7223-059-1
     $7.90 (ubd.)                                    DKI-4534

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Sudipto Chatterjee wrote:
> 
> Need some help with the history of Indigo cultivation and trade in India
> (especially Bengal). What is the time period of its flourish and fall? I
> know it was beginning to dwindle by the 1860s, after the Indigo Rebellion,
> but when exactly did artificial indigo replace the natural version? I'll be
> very grateful if anyone can supply any facts/figures on this or lead me to
> other sources. I am trying to connect this to the Indigo Rebellion in 19th
> century Bengal, particularly the Bengali play _Neeldarpan_ (1959) by
> Dinabandhu Mitra.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> :Sudipto Chatterjee
> New York University
> chattrj at is3.nyu.edu
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