(i) Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, the plantation workers were not permitted to leave tea-gardens without permission and, in fact, they were rarely given such permission.
(ii) Thousands of plantation workers defied the authorities that left the plantation and headed home.
(iii) They believed Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own village.
(iv) They however, never reached their destination.
(v) Stranded on the way by railway and steamer strike they were caught by the police and badly beaten up.
