Native Officialdom In Western India

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Native Officialdom In Western India by Abhijit Sirdesai, Abhijit Sirdesai
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Author: Abhijit Sirdesai ISBN: 9780463571941
Publisher: Abhijit Sirdesai Publication: May 27, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Abhijit Sirdesai
ISBN: 9780463571941
Publisher: Abhijit Sirdesai
Publication: May 27, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This book is about the landlords or the revenue officers of the administrative system recognized as the Watan System which was rampant for more than five centuries before India’s independence. With a focus on the Deshmukhi Watan or the Desgut, held by Deshmukhs or Desais, this volume presents the hierarchy of the chain of officers like the Patils, Deshpandes, Kulkarnis, etc., and attempts to reflect on the status accorded to them by the society and the treatment they received from the British in the 19th century.

Topics explored in this volume relate to the pre-colonial and colonial administrative history, judicial institutions, laws of inheritance, role of religion, commonness of superstition, customs and traditions, etc. We find ample citations of the authoritative sources backing the views expressed by the author at every turn as we proceed. The book has a foreword written by Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza, a historian and the founder of Xavier Center for Historical Research, Goa.

Salient Features:

•Discusses customs and traditions
•Peeps into the ancient history of the region
•Deals with the hierarchy of hereditary revenue officers
•Describes the territorial division of the kingdoms right from the time of Islamic invasion
•Describes the status accorded to the hereditary revenue officers
•Gives a brief politico-administrative account of the British in India
•Discusses certain legal issues
•Gives account of the transition that occurred in the society

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This book is about the landlords or the revenue officers of the administrative system recognized as the Watan System which was rampant for more than five centuries before India’s independence. With a focus on the Deshmukhi Watan or the Desgut, held by Deshmukhs or Desais, this volume presents the hierarchy of the chain of officers like the Patils, Deshpandes, Kulkarnis, etc., and attempts to reflect on the status accorded to them by the society and the treatment they received from the British in the 19th century.

Topics explored in this volume relate to the pre-colonial and colonial administrative history, judicial institutions, laws of inheritance, role of religion, commonness of superstition, customs and traditions, etc. We find ample citations of the authoritative sources backing the views expressed by the author at every turn as we proceed. The book has a foreword written by Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza, a historian and the founder of Xavier Center for Historical Research, Goa.

Salient Features:

•Discusses customs and traditions
•Peeps into the ancient history of the region
•Deals with the hierarchy of hereditary revenue officers
•Describes the territorial division of the kingdoms right from the time of Islamic invasion
•Describes the status accorded to the hereditary revenue officers
•Gives a brief politico-administrative account of the British in India
•Discusses certain legal issues
•Gives account of the transition that occurred in the society

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