Illustration depicting the Blue Rebellion peasant revolt in Bengal in 1859

The Blue Rebellion was a peasant revolt in 1859 that started when the farmers of Bengal rose up against the indigo lords who refused to grow indigo and lasted for over a year. Village community heads (mandals) and large farmers most actively led the revolt. In some cases disgruntled ex-employees of the indigo mills, who worked as dewans or gomastas, organized cultivators against the indigo miners.[1] Ver mais