Patharughat peasant uprising of Assam was a forerunner of Civil disobedience movement of 1930. Examine (200 Words)
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More than a hundred peasants fell to the bullets of the British on January 28, 1894 in Assam.
Reasons for uprising
· The unarmed peasants were protesting against the increase in land revenue levied by the colonial administration, when the military opened fire.
· In 1893, the British government decided to increase agricultural land tax by 70- 80 per cent on the basis of surveys.
Forerunner of Civil Disobedience Movement
· Across Assam, peasants began protesting the move by organising Raij Mels, or peaceful peoples’ conventions.
· Gatherings being democratic, the British perceived them as breeding grounds for sedition, supress the conventions forcefully
· British officers were refusing to listen to the farmers grievances, lathi charge followed by an open firing which killed many of the peasants present.
· It was a peaceful protest and a precursor to the Civil Disobedience movement, which was later propagated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Nature of the uprising
· The history of the pre-Congress, pan-Indian anti-imperialist movement, in the absence of a well-defined leadership, the masses organised themselves to resist the British.
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