write a short note on swaraj in plantation
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Swarāj (Hindi: स्वराज swa- "self", raj "rule") can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mohandas Gandhi,[1] but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination.[2] Swaraj lays stress on governance, not by a hierarchical government, but by self governance through individuals and community building. The focus is on political decentralisation.[3] Since this is against the political and social systems followed by Britain, Gandhi's concept of Swaraj advocated India's discarding British political, economic, bureaucratic, legal, military, and educational institutions.[4] S. Satyamurti, Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru were among a contrasting group of Swarajists who laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy in India.
Although Gandhi's aim of totally implementing the concepts of Swaraj in India was not achieved, the voluntary work organisations which he founded for this purpose did serve as precursors and role models for people's movements, voluntary organisations, and some of the non-governmental organisations that were subsequently launched in various parts of India.[5] The student movement against oppressive local and central governments, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, and the Bhoodan movement, which presaged demands for land reform legislation throughout India, and which ultimately led to India's discarding of the Zamindari system of land tenure and social organisation, were also inspired by the ideas of Swaraj.
However, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian Maratha ruler also fought for Swaraj in India as Deccan sultans and Mughal emperor were Firangi,Outsiders etc. His ideas of Swaraj are remembered by many Indians today as well.
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Workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of swaraj. In Assam, freedom meant the fright to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed, or, retaining a link with the village from which they had come. Plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission and were rarely given such permission. On hearing of the Non-Cooperation movement, thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantations, and headed home.However, they were stranded on the way by a railway and steamer strike, caught by the police, and brutally beaten.The plantation workers interpreted the term swaraj in their own ways as the visions of these movements weren’t defined by the Congress programme. The plantation workers imagined it to be a time when all suffering and all troubles would be over. This was swaraj in the plantations.
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