Banning the Malgujar Resigning -3

British Administration in Garhwal   -14         

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -30

            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -868

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

           Trail was strict in collecting tax from Malgujar. On the last land settlement, Trail experienced that quite a few Padhan of Lobha Patti were not depositing tax in time and villages were becoming baron.  The village chiefs reported that the villages were surrounded by dense forests and wild animals harm the farming. Therefore, the villagers were leaving villages. However, Trail was of opinion that villagers were lazy. Trail assumed that the Malgujar wanted exemption from tax. Mostly, the Jamindar /Malgujar of that region got land for their defense services in Garhwal Kingdom and Gorkha rule. Trail cancelled the Patta of Lobha region. Trail did an agreement for many villages of Lobha Patti with ‘Thepdu’ from Khetsar Patti of Kumaon adjacent to Lobha Patti (Batten). He ordered that the Lobha Patti is handed over to Thepdu from Lobha Jamindar. Trail did not place written order.  Trail appointed Thepdu as Patwari of Lobha too for increasing his power. Thepdu neither could settle villagers in the villages nor could he collect tax from the region. Ultimately, Thepdu had to return his region in Kumao.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com 7/8/2016

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -869

*** History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun, (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli) Garhwal (1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

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References  

 1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page 161- 65

2- Atkinson, Himalayan districts vol.3 page 238

3-Batten, Settlement reports of District Garhwal in the province of Kumaon page 536

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History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies Revenue system  over Pauri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Chamoli Garhwal, Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Rudraprayag Garhwal, Almora Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies ,Revenue system  over Dehradun , Champawat Kumaon, Uttarakhand; History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, ,Revenue system  over Bageshwar  Kumaon, Uttarakhand;

History of British Rule, Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;