THE ADVENT OF COLONIAL RULE IN ASSAM : AN OVERVIEW

<div> This paper makes an attempt to clarify all the circumstances &amp;amp; reasons, which were </div> <div> responsible for the beginning of British Colonial penetration into North-East India. This </div> <div> paper explains in detail about the process of annexation of Assam by the British, which </div> <div> brought about far reaching political, economic and social changes in Assam. As we know that </div> <div> the treaty of Yandabo of 1826 A.D., which was signed at the end of the first Anglo- Burmese </div> <div> War, marked the beginning of the advent of colonial rule in Assam. As a matter of fact, by </div> <div> this treaty the king of Burma (Myanmar) renounced his claim on Assam and the withdrawal </div> <div> of the Burmese provided the British to create an atmosphere of a great influence in this </div> <div> region. Now the British were the fortune - makers of Assam, but slowly and slowly they </div> <div> interfered in all the affairs of the administration and wanted to gain affluent resources of this </div> <div> North- Eastern Frontier state in the name of East India Company. </div> <div> This paper evaluates the administrative changes made by David Scott in Assam, who was </div> <div> appointed as Agent to the Governor- General of the North Eastern Frontier in addition to his </div> <div> duties as Commissioner of Rangpur. This paper narrates in detail about the revenue reforms, </div> <div> judicial reforms and an over-all view of the administrative measures of David Scott. As a </div> <div> matter of fact, the colonial infiltrators were basically the traders and gained the resources of </div> <div> India in the name of the East India Company &amp;amp; their political motto of administration was </div> <div> based on the principles of ‘Divide and Rule’. </div> <div> <br> </div>