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# Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolutions in Assam ## Key Points - Anti-British uprising in Assam - Revolt of 1857 in India and its impact in Assam - Rebellion of Maniram Dewan - Causes of the failure of his rebellion. - Impact of the Revenue administration of the British in Assam. - Raijmel a...

# Anti-British Rising and Peasant Revolutions in Assam ## Key Points - Anti-British uprising in Assam - Revolt of 1857 in India and its impact in Assam - Rebellion of Maniram Dewan - Causes of the failure of his rebellion. - Impact of the Revenue administration of the British in Assam. - Raijmel and peasant revolts in various places. - Tribal Revolts. ## 3.0: Anti-British uprising in Assam By the thirties and forties of the 19th century the East India Company established itself as a powerful ruler in India. In Assam also, they created a strong administrative base and successfully thwarted all possible uprisings of the local people against the British. This was clear from the failed rebellion of Gomdhar Konwar and Piyoli Phukan. Through a completely new revenue system they took control of the economies. In this revenue system the foreign government attached more importance to collection of taxes. They took no measures to erase the sorrows and difficulties of the peasants and poverty ridden subjects. In Assam, in the administrative system prior to that of the British, revenue was not collected through cash. But the introduction of