Question

who gave the slogan "swatantra bharat "

Answer 1

The plantation workers of Assam gave the slogan "swatantra bharat ". Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission, and they were rarely given such permission.

When they heard of the Non-Cooperation Movement, thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed home. They interpreted the term swaraj in their own ways, imagining it to be a time when all suffering and all troubles would be over.

These workers and the tribals then started chanting Gandhiji’s name and raised slogans demanding ‘Swatantra Bharat’.