The British owner of this factory can be seen standing between two tanks, wearing a white pith helmet. After 1900 synthetic indigo took the place of the natural dye.

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For example, some 720 farmers from villages in Rangpur and Nilphamari are now contracted by Nekhil's factory to grow indigo on about 1,000 bighas of land.