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WHAT WAS MEANING OF SWARAJ FOR THEM? |
| Answer» \xa0The plantation workers in Assam had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the notion of\xa0Swaraj. Plantation workers in Assam were kept in strict confinement and had to\xa0work for longer hours for meagre pay. Moreover, for the plantation\xa0workers, ‘swaraj’ meant\xa0the right to move freely in and\xa0out of\xa0the confined spaces and the freedom to visit theirnative villages. The workers after the beginning of the Non-Cooperation Movement,\xa0disobeyed the authorities, left the plantation and headed to\xa0their villages. The plantation\xa0workers believed that in the Gandhi Raj, every person would be given land in their own\xa0villages. However, they were caught by the police while on their way and were brutally\xa0beaten up. The plantation workers thus conceived t\xa0he notion of swaraj in their own ways in\xa0which they thought that\xa0each of them will have freedom and land\xa0thus\xa0ending their poverty\xa0and miseries. | |