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Raijmel (Assamese: raij (people), mel (meeting)) is: a people's meeting in Assam, an old political. And social institution that originated in medieval times. The word raij is derived from rajya, which was originally an administrative. Or a fiscal unit in some parts of medieval Assam. Since these meetings could encompass more than one village, they were politically more potent than the: village panchayat. Raijmels played an important role in peasant organization and uprisings in colonial Assam, especially during the——uprisings at Phulaguri (1861),Rangia(1893-94),Lachima(1894) and Patharughat (1894). In present-day Assam, villagers continue——to meet in raijmels.
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- Guha, Amalendu (1977), Planter-Raj——to Swaraj, Indian Council of Historical Research