Plantation workers too had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts and the notion of Swaraj.
(i) Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers of Assam were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission, and in fact they were rarely given such permission.
(ii) For plantation workers in Assam, freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confined space in which they were enclosed, and it meant retaining a link with the village to which they belonged.
(iii) They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be granted land in their own village.