Jagannath Barua petitions William Erskine Ward, Esq.…
1888 CE to 1899 CE
Barua is president of Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha, an Assamese nationalist organization he had founded in 1884.
British Expeditionary Forces, explorers, and hunters in India's northeast carry opium with them to appease hostile tribes. (Source: Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior)