alleryStart learning →The Chargola-Longai tea garden exodus of May 1921 came from tea gardens in
ADibrugarh subdivision
BNowgong subdivision
CKarimganj subdivision
DTezpur subdivision
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Karimganj subdivision
1. In May 1921 around 8,000 tea garden labourers left thirteen gardens in the Chargola and Longai valley.
2. Both valleys lie in the Karimganj subdivision of the Surma Valley.
3. Labourers marched shouting slogans of Gandhi Maharaj Ki Jai for higher wages.
4. Hundreds lost their lives when the planters pressed the district administration to bring them back.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 4, §4.10_
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