To this day they are a manlier race than their kinsmen of the plains and from the beginning of history one of the two kingdoms has borne the name of Mala-bhumi the Country of the Wrestlers —the other the appellation of Vir-bhumi the Hero Land. [...] The tenure of the landholders and their relations to the middlemen; the tenure of the cultivators their earnings and their style of 'living their clothing and the occupation of their families' at odd hours; the price of all sorts of country produce; the rent of various qualities of land; the mineral products of the district; the condition of the artisans and manufacturers their profits and their [...] During his brief administration of a year and a half the capital of the united district was transferred from Bishenpore on the south of the Adji to Soorie the present headquarters in Beerbhoom on the north of the river; the 8. Board of Revenue's MS. [...] Above onthird of the inhabitants have perished in the once plentiful province of Purneah and in other parts the misery is equal.'29 The inability of the Government to appreciate the true character of the calamity is rendered more remarkable by the circumstance that at the period the local administration continued in the hands of the former native officers.3° A Mussulman Minister of State regu [...] The 'investigation of the case against the Rajah Schitab Roy was a public amende for his apprehension rather than a trial."28 ANNALS The only other relief measures proposed were the movement of the troops from the afflicted parts and the remission of the land-tax.
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- SARF Document ID
- sarf.145346
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Frontmatter
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i-xxvi | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter I Introduction
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1-8 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter II The State of the Country When It Passed under British Rule
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9-61 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter III The Ethnical Elements of the Lowland Population of Bengal
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62-98 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter IV The Aboriginal Hill-Men of Beerbhoom
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99-179 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter V The Company’s First Attempts at Rural Administration 1765-1790
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180-239 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter VI The Company as a Rural Manufacturer
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240-253 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Chapter VII Conclusion
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254-258 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Appendix
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259-362 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Addenda
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363-409 | W.W. Hunter | view |
Maps
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i-iii | W.W. Hunter | view |