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Police System And Transformation Of Criminal Tribes In The Princely State Of Pudukkottai

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  • 2012

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Pudukkottai, a Princely State, was ruled by the Thondaimans. While the de jure ruler was Thondaiman, the de facto ruler was the British. As there was no organised opposition to the British , they wanted to maintain and keep peace in Pudukkottai also. But Pudukkottai presented certain sociological riddles like the highly intractable Kallar and Arimalam Korawars. They posed a veritable threat to the affluent Chettiyars. As the native Ruler and Kallars belonged to the same community, bringing the culprits under the administration of impartial Justice seemed very difficult. Taking all these factors into consideration, the British imposed their own system of Police Administration and the Thondaimans readily obliged. Before analyzing the Police Administration in Pudukkottai, it is necessary to know communities that were considered the criminal classes of this State, their status, activities, character, behaviour etc.
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1.Sanjay Nizam, 'Disciplining and Policing the Criminals by Birth' in Indian Economic and Social History Review,
Delhi 1990, p. 131.
2..ibid., p. 135.
3. ibid., p.9.
4.Meena Radhakrishnan, 'The Criminal Tribes Act in the Madras Presidency: Implications for the Itinerant Trading
Communities in Indian Economic and Social History Review, 26 March 1989, pp. 271-272.
5..Sanjay Nizam, op.cit., p. 157.
6..Thiagarajan,N., The Manual of Pudukkottai State , Pudukkottai, 1921, pp. 14-16.
7.ibid.
8.Kallars, like the Valayars, formed a good portion of the population of the State and numbered 50,689 on 1911. They
are divided into a number of endogamous sections called Nadus or men of districts, such as Ambunadu or Anbil Nadu,
to which the Family of the Ruler of the State belongs. Alangudi Nadu, Unjanai Nadu, Sottrupalai Nadu, Paliyur Nadu,
Valla Nadu, Vadamalai Nadu, Thenmalai Nadu, Kasa Nadu, Usangi Nadu, Kilsenkili Nadu, Melsenkili Nadu, Peruma
Nadu, Kulathur Nadu, Virakkudi Nadu, etc. Profitable agriculture has converted most of the Kallars in the State into a
peaceful class of farmers. The introduction of ground nut cultivation, which brought a rich harvest of money beyond the
wages of labour and expectation, had a significant effect on the transformation of the Kallars.
9.Smith, V.A., The Early History of India, London 1967, p. 492
10.ibid., p. 493.
11.Thiagarajan, N., op.cit., p. 493.
12.ibid.
13..ibid.
14..ibid., p. 418.
15.ibid., p. 419.
16. ibid.
17..ibid.

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