"The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj". Support the statement with arguments.
OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 1 2016
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“The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of Swaraj” -
  1. For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed.
  2. Swaraj meant retaining a link the village from which they had come.
  3. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 plantation workers were not permitted to leave the Tea Gardens without permission.
  4. When they heard of the Non-Cooperation movement thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed home.
  5. They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.
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