How the plantation workers of assam understand mahatma gandhi and the

1.	How the plantation workers of assam understand mahatma gandhi and the notion of swaraj?
Answer» \tFor plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to more freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed.\tSwaraj meant relating a link with the village from which they had come.\tUnder the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 plantation workers were not permitted to leave the Tea Gardens without permission.\tWhen they heard of the Non-Cooperation movement thousands of workers defined the authorities, left planations and needed home.\tThey believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.

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