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Land Administration and Social Change in the 19th century Colonial Coorg

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of History, Accredited ‘A’ Grade by NAAC, Mangalore University (MU), Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 5, Issue (11), Pages 35-41, November,14 (2016)

Abstract

In this article an attempt is made to bring out how tiny province, influenced the British, the impact of the commissioners’ rule and the establishment of the Western kind of administration in place of the old native system, immensely contributed to bring about radical changes in local socio economic transition. The commissioners’ rule had far reaching consequences not only on the economy and social structure of the Coorg, but also on the various system of land that were evolved during the rajah’s period and continued during the colonial rule. The British Commissioners with the reception of a few showed great interests bringing about reforms in a small hill district; While they showed interest in changing the Political and Socio-Economic scenario, they also showed great concern in preventing the cultural and ancient practices and system that Coorg had inherited. In this way, Commissioners’ rule in Coorg represents a contradiction in Colonial rule.

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