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The historians working on the subjects like land, landed elites, and resource management in regard to India have felt them so complex that it would always necessitate attempts to gain new understanding.
Based on original documents preserved in the various archives in South India and the National Archives, New Delhi as well as some of the Collector and Tehsildar offices of the areas concerned, the present book is a collection of some of the articles presented at various stages of the career on the above subjects pertaining especially to some parts of south India.
This book touches upon the problems like British economic thought on the introduction of the rayatwari system; method of land measurement and assessment; some important village officials like village patels and karnams; the drought management, and nature of the palegar revolts.
It is hoped that this anthology should be of interest to all those interested in the problems like land, landed elites, and resource management especially in regard to certain regions of south India.
About the Author:
Dr. J.C. Dua, Reader, Department of History and Tourism and Travel Management, Dyal Singh Evening College (University of Delhi), New Delhi and formerly Principal, NBGSM College (M.D. University), Sohna, is an eminent historian who has extensively contributed on the history of Punjab and South India.
He was awarded Research Fellowship by the Andhra Pradesh State Archives, Hyderabad (1966-1969). In 1983 he was awarded Gold Medal by the Government of Bulgaria. In 1989 he acted as Programme Coordinator for the Orientation Programme (History) conducted by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, Delhi. In 1995 he was invited to deliver the prestigious Dr. Kalaignar Thiru M. Karunanidhi Endowment Lectures, Madras University, Madras.
Apart from contributing a large number of research papers at the national and international seminars, he already has several books to his credit. His works include Agrarian System of South India: Some Aspects (1990), British Historiography Eighteenth Century Punjab: Their understanding of the Sikh Struggle for Power and Role of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (1992), British In ?am Policy & Palegar Resistance in the Ceded Districts: Select Documents relating to Narasimha Reddy?s Resistance 1845-46 (1994), Palegars of South India: Forms and Contents of their Resistance in Ceded Districts (1996), Glossary of Revenue and Allied Terms of South India (1998), Illustrated Encyclopaedia & Who?s Who of Princely States in Indian Sub-Continent (2000 & 2002), Misl, Sikh State & The Institution of Khalsa (2006), Landed Elites in Upheaval - Forms and Contents of Resistance by the Palegars - 1800-1846 (2006). He is also one of the Editors of the >b>Collected Works of Professor B.R. Grover of which two volumes namely - Land Rights, Landed Hierarchy & Village Community during Mughal Age and Medieval Punjab: Perspectives on Historiography & Polity have already been published.ISBN (13) : 9788188629626
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Pages : 390
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