Question

discuss the importance of the revolt of 1857 in assam?

Answer 1

maniram barua, popularly known as maniram Dewan, an assamese nobleman planned to stage a revolt simultaneously with that of the Revolt of 1857. He started organizing protests against the British. He advocated the restoration of monarchy in Assam and tried to persuade the British through prayer and petitions.

Answer 2

According to Inland Emigration Act of 1857 , plantation workers of Assam were not allowed to step out of the fields without permission and they were hardly given any permission.
this made them angry .they thought that Gandhi raj was going to come , every body will get their own lands and they would be able to retain a link with their native places . so one day they defied the authorities and moved out of the plantation gardens . but they never reached their destination. stranded on the way by railway and streamer strikes, they were caught by the police and brutally beaten up.
this movement signifies the participation of poor peasants in the non cooperation movement .