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Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)
Thanjavur District was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Aranthangi taluk, Karambakkudi taluk of Pudukkottai District in Tamil Nadu. Apart from being a bedrock of Hindu orthodoxy, Tanjore was a centre of Chola cultural heritage and one of the richest and most prosperous districts in Madras Presidency. Tanjore district was constituted in 1799 when the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Serfoji II ceded most of his kingdom to the British East India Company in return for his restitution on the throne. Tanjore district, which is situated on the Cauvery Delta, is one of the richest rice-growing regions in South India. It was scarcely affected by famines such as the Great Famine of 1876–78. Geography The Tanjore District was bounded by the districts of South Arcot in the north, Trichinopoly to the west and south and the Pudukkottai State and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra state and some parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha and the union territory of Lakshadweep. The city of Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and Ootacamund or Ooty, the summer capital. The coastal regions and northern part of Island of Ceylon at that time was a part of Madras Presidency from 1793 to 1798 when it was created a Crown colony. Madras Presidency was neighboured by the Kingdom of Mysore on the northwest, Kingdom of Cochin on the southwest, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the north. Some parts of the presidency were also flanked by Bombay Presidency ( Konkan) and Central Provinces and Berar (Madhya Pradesh). In 1639, the English East India Company purchased the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company seized control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world. The EIC had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three Presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British army at the time. The operations of the company had a profound effect on the global balance of trade, almost single-handedly reversing the trend of eastward drain of Western bullion, seen since Roman times. Originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies", the company rose to account for half of the world's trade duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallakottai Estate
Kallakkottai is a village in the Gandaravakottai revenue block of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... Demographics As per the 2001 census, Kallakottai had a total population of 3894 with 1976 males and 2008 females. Out of the total population 1968 people were literate. References Villages in Pudukkottai district {{Pudukkottai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandharvakottai Estate
Gandharvakottai estate was the largest ''zamindari'' estate in Tanjore district. The headquarters was the town of Gandharvakottai. Composed of two disjointed enclaves, the ''zamindari'' was surrounded on three sides by the Tanjore taluk of Tanjore district and on the south-west by princely state of Pudukkottai. The two disjointed enclaves were separated by the Kallakottai estate. The ''zamindari'' was abolished when India became independent in 1947 and was constituted into the Gandharvakottai taluk. Gandharvakottai taluk was transferred to Pudukkottai district Pudukkottai District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous ... in the 1990s. References * {{cite book, title=Madras District Gazetteers: Tanjore, url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13345, first=F. R., last=Hemingway, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadapadimangalam Estate
Vadapadimangalam estate was a ''mirasdari'' estate in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It was owned by a Mudaliar family of the Vellalar caste. The estate originated as a grant of land to the family who operated as ''Pattakdars'' or revenue collectors on behalf of the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Thuljaji. Vadapadimangalam estate covered a total area of 8,004 acres in 1951 and was one of the largest estates in the erstwhile Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, British India alongside Poondi Poondi is a village in the Thiruvallur taluk of Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It has a fresh water lake to cater the daily needs of water for Chennai City Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996) ..., Ukkadai and Kunniyur. References * {{cite book, title=Rural Society in Southeast India, publisher=Cambridge University Press, author=Kathleen Gough, authorlink=Kathleen Gough, page=42, year=2008, isbn=978-0-521-04019-8 Tiruvarur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabisthalam Estate
Kabisthalam is a village under Papanasam taluk in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu. Tracing out the Vedic history Thiru Kavithalam was the original name for the place however the name changed into Kabisthalam during medieval ages. It is located on the bank of river Cauvery, located from Kumbakonam, from Papanasam and from Thiruvaiyaru. It is the birthplace of Indian National Congress leader G. K. Moopanar.G.K. Moopanar passes away. The Hindu (31 August 2001). Retrieved on 2018-11-12. Agriculture is the main occupation in this village. The main crops are rice, sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ..., and vegetables. The village derives its name from the Gajendra Varadha Temple located in it. It is located in between Kallanai Poombhuhar state highway. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadar Estate
Poraiyar Nadar's estate (Tamil: பொறையார் நாடார் எஸ்டேட்), popularly known as Nadar estate was one of the largest zamindari estate in the erstwhile Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, British India. Headquartered in the village of Poraiyar, Mayiladuthurai district (Previously Thanjavur district), Nadar's estate covered a total area of 7000 acres in the Cauvery delta region. History The patriarch of the Nadar estate was Vellaiya Nadar, he was an ''abkari'' contractor, he established several distillery industries across South India, following Vellaiya Nadar, the Poraiyar Nadar estate remained as one of the biggest distillers of British India for more than a century. Porayar Nadar estate's V. Thavasumuthu Nadar bought the Ariyalur Zamin in the court auction and became the Zamindar of Ariyalur. Poraiyar Nadar Estate has held the title of Zamindar of Ariyalur for half a century. Thavasumuthu Nadar was a philanthropist, he desired to develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunniyur Estate
Kunniyur estate was a ''mirasdari'' estate in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, India. Previously located in Tanjore district, it was one of the four great feudal estates of the Cauvery Delta. Headquartered in the town of Kunniyur, the "mirasdari" covered more than 6000 acres. The most well-known among the ''mirasdars'' was Kunniyur Sambasiva Iyer, who was a member of the Indian National Congress from the early 1930s. Gough, Pg 141 He was elected to the Madras Legislative Council and served as a member of the legislature until his defeat at the hands of the Communist Party of India in the 1952 elections. He was also an ardent devotee of the Paramacharya Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal (born Swaminathan Sharma; 20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) also known as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyavar (meaning, "The great elder") was the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Kanch ... of Kanchi. Kunniyur was the center of a large-scale peasant uprising in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poondi Estate
Poondi estate is a permanently settled ''zamindari'' estate in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... It is administered by the Vandayar family of the kallar caste. * See also * Rao Bahadur V. Appasamy Vandayar * K. Thulasiah Vandayar * A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College References * Zamindari estates Thanjavur district {{Thanjavur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukkadai Estate
Ukkadai Estate is a ''zamindari'' estate in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is administered by a family of the Thevar caste and covered more than 7,000 acres.The administrative headquarters was located at the village of Ukkadai. History The first known ''zamindar'' of Ukkadai was Salya Thevar. The most popular among the ''zamindars'' was Venkatachala Thevar who was known for his loyalty and support to the East India Company. In the eighteenth-century security of person and property was endangered by men of the robin hood type, but this enterprising benefactor assisted the east India company to bring these notorious characters within the grip of the law. At that time there lived Ramalingam Padayachi, a notorious and desperate dacoit, who was a great menace to the safety of the public, and who, at the head of a gang of robbers as desperate as himself, openly defied the Government, and plundered the Government Treasury. The East India Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devicottah
Tivukottai ( ta, தீவுக்கோட்டை, ''island-fort''), more popularly known by its Anglicized name Devicottah, is an island at the mouth of the Kollidam River where it joins the Bay of Bengal. Obtained by the East India Company from the Thanjavur Maratha king Shahuji in 1749 in return for his reinstatement, the English thought that Devicottah would make an excellent, defensible harbour and built a fort at the place. Shortly afterwards, the fort was captured by the French and recaptured by the British during the Anglo-French Wars The Anglo-French Wars were a series of conflicts between England (and after 1707, Britain) and France, including: Middle Ages High Middle Ages * Anglo-French War (1109–1113) – first conflict between the Capetian Dynasty and the House of Norma .... The place fell to the British once and for all in early 1760. The fort was deemed unfit for siege and was subsequently demolished and the settlement abandoned. References * {{coord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
