# Raijmel

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{{Assam History}}
'''Raijmel'''<ref>{{Harvcol|Guha|1977|p=53f}}</ref> (Assamese: {{Transliteration|as|raij}} (people), ''mel'' (meeting)) is a people's meeting in [Assam](/source/Assam), an old political and social institution that originated in medieval times.  The word {{Transliteration|as|raij}} is derived from {{Transliteration|as|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](/source/Panchayati_raj).  Raijmels played an important role in peasant organization and uprisings in [colonial Assam](/source/colonial_Assam), especially during the uprisings at [Phulaguri](/source/Phulaguri_Dhawa) (1861),[Rangia](/source/Rangiya)(1893–94),Lachima(1894) and Patharughat (1894).  In present-day Assam, villagers continue to meet in {{Transliteration|as|italic=no|raijmels}}.

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* {{Citation
  | surname=Guha 
  | given=Amalendu 
  | title=Planter-Raj to Swaraj
  | publisher=Indian Council of Historical Research 
  | year=1977}}
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Category:History of Assam

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