alleryStart learning →Which cash crop were Champaran farmers forced to grow by planters in 1917?
ACotton crop
BOpium poppy
CIndigo crop
DSugarcane
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Indigo crop
Champaran peasants were compelled by European planters to cultivate indigo.
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