Indigo Plantation System Was Oppressive. Indigo was the chief commercial crop. As the system of indigo plantation was very oppressive, all the peasants became rebellious.
Hence, mobilizing the labour for indigo cultivation was a difficult task. The southern colonies:plantations and slavery, by kalpesh khanna kapurtalawla, the southern colonies: It was the first satyagrahi movement that took place in 1916, in which mahatma gandhi travelled to champaran to inspire the indigo planters to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
(c) the oppressive attitude of the planters (d) none of the above.
Finally they decided not to grow indigo. The place famous for the movement of indigo planters. Organized by gandhiji in 1916 to protest against the oppressive plantation system in indigo plantations in bihar.2. In march 1859 a rebellion broke in bengal.
