“The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj”. Cupport the statement with arguments.
OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 2 2016
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“ The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj”-
- For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed.
- Swaraj meant retaining a link the village from which they had come.
- Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 plantation workers were not permitted to leave the Tea Gardens without permission.
- When they heard of the Non-Cooperation movement thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed home.
- They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.
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