Write a brief note on the importance of phulaguri dhawa history
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Phulaguri Dhawa was the first peasant revolt in the history of Assam. The banner of the revolt was raised by the Tiwa, lalung and kaibartta community of Phulaguri region of Nagaon district. It was started in 1861 due to high taxes on opium and Tamul-Paan(Areca nut and betel leaves).
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The Nagaon district administration has chalked out plans to unearth the history of Phulaguri Dhawa, 150 years after Assam’s first peasant revolt.
On October 18, 1861, a large number of peasants killed then deputy commissioner Lt Singer at Phulaguri.The revolt, known as 'Phulaguri dhawa', in which a British official was killed and several police officers were injured, was triggered by a ban imposed on opium cultivation and a proposed taxation on betel leaf and nut. October 18, 1861 Lt Singer, Third Class Deputy Commissioner, arrived at Phulaguri along with a jail daroga and began negotiation with the peasants who had gathered there, but the situation soon turned violent and Singer, along with a few policemen, were beaten to death and his body was thrown into the Kollong river.
The incident triggered a brutal retaliation by the British and 141 persons were arrested as per government estimate and tried at Nagaon and even at Calcutta with many of them awarded death sentence and life imprisonment.
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