What crops were forced to produce to the cultivators by the British in various parts of India?

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Jute in Bengal

Wheat in Punjab

Rice in Madras

All of the above

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All three options are correct.
When the company officials recognised that not only the revenue they could get from the countryside but the required crops of Europe could also be grown, The company tried to expand the cultivation of several crops, but opium and indigo were at the top of their list to expand by the late eighteenth century. At that time, the cultivators were forced to produce numerous crops by the British in various parts of India-jute in Bengal, rice in Madras, wheat in Punjab, tea in Assam, sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh, cotton in Maharashtra and Punjab. The company used several methods to expand the cultivation of crops that were required in Europe.

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