Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama. by Dinabandhu Mitra

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By Pamela Rogers Posted on Jan 9, 2026
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Mitra, Dinabandhu, 1829-1874 Mitra, Dinabandhu, 1829-1874
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"Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama" by Dinabandhu Mitra is a Bengali-language play written in 1858–1859. Set during British Company rule in Bengal, the drama portrays the brutal conflict between European indigo planters and Indian farmers exploited under oppressive working conditions. Written to mobilize support for the Indigo Rev...
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realism in Bengali theatre and helped establish colloquial Bengali as a literary language. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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