alleryStart learning →The Phulaguri Dhawa of 1861 took place in
ADarrang district
BNowgaon district
CSibsagar district
DKamrup district
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Nowgaon district
1. Phulaguri lies near Nowgaon in the Brahmaputra Valley.
2. It was inhabited by the Tiwa community that depended on poppy cultivation.
3. When the British banned poppy cultivation in 1861, over 4,000 peasants gathered.
4. The revolt is thus placed in the Nowgaon district in every SEBA history text.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.2.02_
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