role of Maniram Dewan during the Revolution of 1857 to 1858 in Assam?
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Maniram Dutta Barbhandar Barua Dewanwas born on the 17th of April, 1806. He was a once British loyalist who turned against them later and was subsequently hanged along with Piyoli Barua on the 26th of February, 1858 when he was accused of conspiring against the Company administration.
Maniram started out at the young age of 22, as the Tehsildar of Upper Assam after the demise of Janardan Barbarua. It was during this stint, that Dewan informed British cultivators Robert Bruce and C.A.Bruce about the tea cultivation of the Singphos in Assam. Maniram was later made the Barbhandar (Treasury Officer) under Purandar Singha's (1833–38) feudatory rule. Maniram was greatly displeased at the misrule of the British administration and the huge financial hurdles faced by the King due to exorbitant tributes to be paid to the Company.
Purandar Singha had defied all odds and paid full sum of tribute for the first two years. But outbreak of the cholera epidemic and a famine dipped his revenue greatly. He was left with but no choice of defaulting on his payments to the Company.
Maniram started out at the young age of 22, as the Tehsildar of Upper Assam after the demise of Janardan Barbarua. It was during this stint, that Dewan informed British cultivators Robert Bruce and C.A.Bruce about the tea cultivation of the Singphos in Assam. Maniram was later made the Barbhandar (Treasury Officer) under Purandar Singha's (1833–38) feudatory rule. Maniram was greatly displeased at the misrule of the British administration and the huge financial hurdles faced by the King due to exorbitant tributes to be paid to the Company.
Purandar Singha had defied all odds and paid full sum of tribute for the first two years. But outbreak of the cholera epidemic and a famine dipped his revenue greatly. He was left with but no choice of defaulting on his payments to the Company.
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