Special Covers India 2024 – Peasant Uprising Patharughat 1894.

One of the significant uprisings against the British is the Peasant uprising at Patharughat ( Patharighat) in Darrang District of Assam on Jan 28 , 1894. The Farmers were protesting against the British for frequently raising land tax rates. The then DC of Darrang Mr JD Anderson and SP Mr Barrington ordered firing on the protesting farmers which resulted in 140 farmers getting killed on the spot and hundreds injured. This uprising is also sometimes called Assam”s Jallianwala Bagh.

A Special Cover was released on 28th Jan 2024 to commemorate and honuor the martyrs of Patharughat Uprising of 1894.