what was the meaning of swaraj for the plantation workers
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Swaraj in the Plantations
Workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of swaraj. The working class in the tea plantations of Assam is perhaps the most oppressed in the organised sector of the economy.
Low wages, poor housing and lack of avenues for social mobility have been a recurring theme since the inception of the plantations.
Plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission, under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859. They were rarely given such permission.
When they heard of the Non-Cooperation movement many people left the plantations and started going to their hometowns. They thought that they were going to get land in their hometowns itself through the Gandhi Raj. But caught by a few police men on a railway track, these people were beaten and
Workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of swaraj. The working class in the tea plantations of Assam is perhaps the most oppressed in the organised sector of the economy.
Low wages, poor housing and lack of avenues for social mobility have been a recurring theme since the inception of the plantations.
Plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission, under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859. They were rarely given such permission.
When they heard of the Non-Cooperation movement many people left the plantations and started going to their hometowns. They thought that they were going to get land in their hometowns itself through the Gandhi Raj. But caught by a few police men on a railway track, these people were beaten and
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>> The government had passed the inland emigration act of 1859 under which plantation workers were not permitted to leave the fields.
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>> Workers interpreted the establishment of Gandhi Raj.
>> They violated the act .
>> Hence they were beaten by the police.
>> In February 1922, Gandhi withdrew this movement.
>>They decided to train Indians Before any other mass struggle.
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