Answer:
(i)
Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers were not permitted
to leave the tea gardens without permission. In reality they were rarely given
such permission.
(ii)
For plantation workers in Assam, the notion of 'Swaraj' meant the right to move
freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed and also
the right to retain a link with their native villages. When they heard of the
Non-Cooperation
Movement,
they left plantation and headed for their own villages. The believed that
Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own villages. But
they were caught by the police. (3)
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