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6. Write briefly about activities of Boycott Movement of foreign
goods in Assam

= Ans: The non-cooperation movement in Assam reached its climax with
the visit of Gandhi to Assam in August 1921. In all the meetings addressed
by Gandhi in Major town were attended by large section of people.
Responding to the appeal made by Gandhi people joined boycott
movement by organising huge bonfires of British goods. Under the
leadership of Chandranath Sarma, Hemchandra Baruah. Omeo Kumar
Das, Muhibuddin Ahmed, the Youth of Assam participated in the
movement by boycotting Government educational institutions. Some of
the Prominent Youth leaders of the movement were Lakhidhar Sarma,
Rohinikanta Hati Baruah, Bimalakanta Baruah. Kanak Chandra Baruah,
Benudhar Sarma, and so on. Following of the students of many Lawyers
Bike Nabin Ch. Bordoloi, Kuldhar Chaliha, Tarunram Phukan, Kamini
Kumar Chanda, Bishnuram Medhi left their legal practices and joined
the movement. Many Govt officials and teachers also left their jobs
With the growing influence of the movement national schools were opened
up at Guwahati, Nalbari, Jorhat. Tezpur. Sibsagar. Nowgaog, Karimganj
and Maulvi bazar. The 1st National School was established at Guwahati
in February 1921]Which was named as Tilak Memorial School in the
memory of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
One of the major impacts of this movement in Assam was the fall in
opium consumption. As a result of the various anti-opium campaign led
by the congress workers the consumption of the abkari opium fell from
1615 mounds in 1920-21 to 933 mounds in 1922-23. The revenue earned
from the selling of Apium decreased by 19 lakhs rupees. Another important
constructive work was popularising the use of Khadi and increasing the
production of Khadi.​

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