Question

HOW DID DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE INTERPRET THE IDEA OF SWARAJ

Answer 1

Swaraj was the term which meant different things to different people.
(i) Middle class- Spreading education and a share in the administration was swaraj for them.
(ii) Peasants - Reduction of land revenue was swaraj for small peasants.
(iii) Tribals- Getting their traditional rights over forests were swaraj for the tribals living near forests.
(iv) Plantation workers- To move independently in and out of the tea garden was swaraj for them.

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Answer 2

How did different groups of people interpret the idea of Swaraj?

Explanation:

• The word 'Swaraj' signified self-rule or self-governance and independence from British rule.
• However different groups of people interpreted the idea of Swaraj differently.
• Swaraj for the tribals was the freedom to access forest resources and forest produce without any forest laws imposed.
• Freedom to move in and out without any restrictions in an enclosed area was the notion of Swaraj as perceived by the plantation workers in Assam.
• Reduction in high land revenue by the landlords was seen as Swaraj by the peasants who were exploited by the land revenue system.
• Swaraj was a nationalist approach to attain freedom from the British.

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