Who among the following was the author of Neel Darpan, published in 1860?
A
Reverend Janice Long
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B
Michael Madhusudan Dutta
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C
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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D
Dinabandhu Mitra
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Solution
The correct option is B Dinabandhu Mitra Neel Darpan is a Bengali play written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858–1859. The play was essential to the Indigo revolt of February–March 1859 in Bengal, when farmers refused to sow indigo in their fields as a protest against exploitative farming under the British Raj.