Names of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he used the term "Sepoy Revolt" to describe the event. In India, the term "First War of Independence" was first popularized by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1909 book "The History of the War of Indian Independence", which was originally written in Marathi. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, insisted on using the term "First War of Independence" to refer to the event, and the terminology was adopted by the Government of India. Some South Indian historians have opposed the use of the term "First War of Independence" by the Government to describe the 1857 revolt, and have
Prime Minister of Assam Prime Minister of Assam The Prime Minister of Assam was the head of government and the Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly of Assam Province in British India. The position was dissolved upon the Partition of India in 1947. The office was created under the Government of India Act 1935. During the Indian provincial elections, 1937 in Assam, the Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party. But due to its pan-Indian policy of boycotting constitutional government under the British Raj, it refused to form government and became the main opposition party. Hence, the governor invited the