COLONIAL ASSAM(1826-1947)

Assam History

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The colonial Assam started with the treaty of Yandaboo between the British and Burmese.
By this treaty the Burmese were expelled from Assam by the British after the Anglo-Burmese war ,1824
After that the Assam Valley came into the hands of the British and the period of Colonisation started.
The British annexed all the local group of Kings of Ahom,Chutiya,kachari etc.
They include Assam Under Bengal Province .
The plantation of tea also started in this period.

The British brought some Chinese labour to grow tea and also Chinese plant of tea,they mixes both Chinese and Assam tea and found it successful to grow in Assam.
They established a company –ASSAM TEA COMPANY in 1839.
They also brought laours from central India and treated them very as slaves.
The British started ruling everywhere in the state and the people of Assam started to protest against the British.
The first person who came against the British was GOMDHAR KUNWAR,but he was suppressed by the British.
Later on some other people arose against the BRITISH-DHANANJAY BURHAGOHAIN,PIYALI PHUKAN,JIURAM MEDHI
But these people were sentenced to death in 1830.
In 1857 people of Assam also took part in the Indian rebellion.
Maniram Dewan and Piyali baruah were the leaders of this rebellion in Assam,but they were arrested.
Again in,1861- the peasants of Nagaon were vioently suppressed at PHULAGURI Ghat ,because they protested aginst the tax on beetel-nut and paan.
Again in 1874 ,Assam was separated from Bengal province and Sylhet was included in Assam under Chief Commisioner’s Province.
The capital of Assam was made at-Shillong.
The official language was changed to Bengali from Assamese.
Meanwhile, oil was discovered in Digboi and apparantly the OIL refineries grew up.
In 1903 –Assam Asociation was formed -Manik Chandra Baruah was the first secretary.
In 1905 ,Bengal was partioned and East Bengal was added to Chief Commissioner’s province.
It led to the migration of people from Bengal to Assam and they started to settle in the riverine tracts (Char) of the Brahmaputra Valley.
These people were encoraged to grow different variety of crops by the BRITISH.
Between 1905 and 1921 ,many people migrated to Assam Valley which continued later on and give rise to Assam Agitation of 1979.
In 1912 –Assam legislative council was made with 25 members.
Later on it was transformed to Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 1920-21.
And under Government of INDIA Act ,1919 its members were increased to 53 and in under Government of India Act,1935 ,the council expanded the members into 108.
Gopinath Bordoloi nad Muhammad Saadulah rose at this period.