• Monjit Gogoi

In the history of colonial India, the peasant agitations which were took place against the colonial authority in different periods regarding different issues has been interpreted from different perspectives in Indian historiography. Establishment of British rule and introduction of economic policies created discontent among the peasantry of the country which led to the peasant uprisings at different level. In these peasant agitations, the peasants raised voices against the colonial exploitations. Likewise the other parts of the country, due to the introduction of new revenue as well as taxation policies which were hitherto unprecedented to the native peasants of Assam caused resentment among the peasantry and therefore under initiative of Raij Mel (public assembly) they agitated against the colonial authority in different time. Among such peasant uprising, the peasant uprising of Phulaguri, 1861 which was popularly known as Phulaguri Dhawa has immense significance in the history of peasant uprising. Therefore, in this paper an attempt has been made to understand the colonial economic as well as taxation policies which led to the Phulaguri peasant uprising and its development.

Phulaguri, Peasant, Uprising, Colonial, Revenue, Tax.

"Colonial Economic Policy and Peasant Uprisings in Second half of 19th Century in Assam: Understanding the Phulaguri Dhawa of 1861", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.917-921, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S36.pdf

"Colonial Economic Policy and Peasant Uprisings in Second half of 19th Century in Assam: Understanding the Phulaguri Dhawa of 1861", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp917-921, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S36.pdf