The Life and Times of Maniram Dewan, India’s Lost Hero
Maniram Dewan was an Assamese nobleman and a freedom fighter in British India. He was one of the first people to establish tea gardens in Assam. His real name was Maniram Dutta Barua. During the British rule in India, he served as Dewan (a junior administrative officer). He reported his discovery to the British and, as they say, the rest is history. He was born on 17th April 1806 in a family that had traditionally served Assam’s Ahom kings. He spent his early years in Bengal after his family fled Assam after the Burmese invaded the province in 1817. He...
