alleryStart learning →The Peasant Revolt at Patharughat in 1894 occurred in
AKamrup district
BNowgaon district
CSibsagar district
DDarrang district
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Darrang district
1. Patharughat lies in the Mangaldoi circle of Darrang district.
2. Peasants there refused to pay the enhanced land revenue imposed by the British.
3. Anderson ordered the Police Superintendent to open fire on the peasant assembly.
4. Unofficial records list around 140 peasants killed on 28 January 1894.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.3.03_
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