নীলকুঠি - Jambani

Perhaps the blood-stained history of the indigenous farmers about 200 years ago is written on the wall of this indigo factory. That memory is now almost ruined near Jamboni village in Nayagram of Jhargram district. The time is the middle of the nineteenth century. Across Bengal, unscrupulous peasants have declared rebellion against the oppression of the indigo planters. In the then undivided Bengal, in the northern part of Medinipur, Burdwan, Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Pabna and Khulna, one after another indigo factories and magistrates' houses were burning. But there was no sign of that rebellion on the quiet villages in the Subarnarekha Basin surrounded by the hills and forests of Bengal on the western border. In 180 AD, the vast area was then impregnable. In Nayagram, in places like Malam Jambani, etc., indigo factories used to make indigo. Witnessing the past next to the village of Jamboni, the indigo factory is now practically in ruins. The preparation house with the chimney made of natural blue is also in ruins. Locals complained that no initiative has been taken at the administrative level to preserve the 150-year-old indigo factory. According to regional history researchers, indigo farmers did not revolt. No protest can be heard in that way. Henschel's fuel wood easily matched from the jungle. Nature was also the hope for food. Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly. No rebellion has taken root. After the second conquest of Bengal by Mir Jafar in 173 AD, large parts of Jhargram district came under the control of the East India Company and the Medinipur Zamindari Company under the control of the British Raj. Lethel was employed by the English zamindari company and indigo was cultivated in the villages by the farmers. In 1895, indigo cultivation was stopped. Then the freedom movement started.