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Standard XII
Economics
Colonial India
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Why did the indigo planters start cultivating sugarcane in Bihar?
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In early twentieth century, Indigo plantation was declining due to loss of business.
Indigo planters started selling their units to sugar planters.
Viceroy Curzon and Coventry had encouraged sugar plantation in Bihar.
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