Question

Briefly explain the condition of plantation workers during colonial rule

Answer 1

1) Tribals who used to live in the forests were forced to serve in plantations, when they were barred from living in the forest.
2) Often labour was also bought in from lower plains to the hills as indentured labour.
3) Plantation workers were not allowed to leave the tea garden without permission.
4) Both the police and the plantation owners beat the workers regularly.

Answer 2

The plantation workers during the colonial rule worked in abysmally difficult conditionsThey were not allowed to move out of their enclosuresThe Inland Emigration Act of 1859 prohibited them from leaving the tea gardens without permissionThey were rarely given permission to move out of the tea gardensThey were not allowed to meet their families or go to their villagesIt is for these reasons that they drawn into the non-cooperation movement but were caught and brutally beaten up