What was the contract between the …

Gandhiji demanded 50% refund from the British landlords in the form of repayment of money which the landlords had illegally and deceitfully extorted from the poor sharecroppers. Question 8. Answer: Gandhiji had asked the indigo planters for a 50 percent refund to the farmers but they offered only 25 percent.

Likewise, what was the long term contract between the sharecroppers and English landlords? The British landlords had entered into a long-term contract with the farmers according to which they compelled all tenants to plant 15% of their holdings with indigo. The sharecroppers had to surrender the entire indigo harvest as rent. Answer.

Also to know is, what was the condition of indigo sharecroppers?

The main problem of sharecroppers in Champaran was that all the tenants were forced and compelled to plant 15% of their holdings with Indigo. This has been a long-term contract between the British and the farmers. The sharecroppers, on the other hand, had to hand over the entire Indigo harvest as rent to the British.