1. The workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission as per the provisions of the Inland Emigration Act, 1859.

2. Thousands of workers left the plantations and went home.

3. They believed that they all would be given land in their own village when Gandhi was coming.

4. However, they were all caught by the Police and beaten up.

5. According to the workers, Swaraj meant the right to move freely in and out of the restricted space which will enable them to stay in link with their village.

The workers believed that Gandhiji was the true identity of Swaraj, even to relieve them from all sort of troubles.