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three causes of the peasant rebellion of 1861​

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Answered by rishabh2328
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Answer:

The immediate cause of the Phulaguri uprising of 1861 AD was the exorbitant taxes imposed by the British administration on the farmers of Assam. The British administration always acted in the interests of the British tea planters, not the common masses. These tea planters had been suffering from dearth of labourers.

Answered by smartbrainz
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In October 1861, the farmer rebellion in Phulaguri, Middle Assam, was the first ever peasant uprising within Indian liberty movement, much before the Champaran movement took place under Mahatma Gandhi's leadership. It was also the first Indian freedom non-cooperation movement, since the farmers of the Phulaguri area stopped paying the UK government taxes and thus openly defied it.

Explanation:

The main causes for the Phulaguri uprising of 1861 by peasanst were

  • The immediate cause was high taxes that was enforced by the British on the Assam farmers. The British also  imposed taxes on forest products made from cane, wood, bamboo, and so on. They had also introduced income tax for the first time
  • Poppy cultivation was banned since the British wanted to take over the trading in opium themselves
  • Along with the land revenue under Ryotwari system, the Brtish introduced other oppressive tax measures which were not consistent the peasants' income level as well as the economic situation at that time.

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