‘Plantation workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and the notion of ‘Swaraaj’. Support the statement

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Social Science
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‘Plantation workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and the notion of ‘Swaraaj’. Support the statement.

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FOR the plantation workers in Assam freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined place in which they were enclosed.

  • Freedom meant them retaining a link with the villages from which they had come.
  • Under the Inland Emigrations Act of 1859, plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission and in fact they were rarely given permission.
  • When they heard of the Non-Cooperation Movement, thousands of workers defied the authorities. They left the plantations and headed home.
  • They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.
  • They never reached their destination.