Detailed Notes
The Doli Puran vividly describes the events of the uprising, including the British police firing on unarmed peasants.
Assam GK Topic
Who Wrote The Doli Puran?
The Doli Puran was written by Narottam Das. It is an Assamese historical ballad that recounts the Patharughat peasant uprising of 1894 in Assam. The ballad is a key source for understanding the social history of the Assamese peasantry and their resistance against British colonial rule.