Crime in British Garhwal

British Administration in Garhwal   -134

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History of British Rule/Administration over Kumaun and Garhwal (1815-1947) -154

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            History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -988

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                              By: Bhishma Kukreti (History Student)

  Trail wrote in 1816, “There is no need of civil police in Garhwal Kumaon as there are least serious crimes. Least is known about murder.  The number of serious crinals never increased more than a dozen in a year. Most of cited crimes were in plains.”

            In 1822, Trail sated that – Last year, 65 persons were put into jail and out of 6 were found serious criminals. Only one criminal was found absconding. Serious violence is scare. There were looting in hill regions but looters were from plains. Adultery was also minimal. There were custom of killing girl child among a couple of Rajput communities. However, in Gurkha rule, those Rajput families left  Garhwal and settled in plains.

   There were women suicide incidents by females due to frustration. Men suicide was not heard barring leprosy man used to do suicide.

  There was at least 100 deaths annually due to attack by wild animals.

   Lower caste Rajput putting on sacred thread were taken to court was very common. Most of the court cases were related to women. H

  However, Glin in 1822 wrote that there should be serious research for death by wild animals, suicide, death by snake biting or felling into hills.

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References  

1-Shiv Prasad Dabral ‘Charan’, Uttarakhand ka Itihas, Part -7 Garhwal par British -Shasan, part -1, page- 313 -333

 2- Atkinson , Himalayan Districts , Vol 2 pages 507-520

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History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -989

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*** History of British Rule/Administration over British Garhwal (Pauri, Rudraprayag, and Chamoli1815-1947) to be continued in next chapter

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

Forest settlement , History of British Rule, Administration , Policies, Revenue system,  over Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand ; Forest settlement , 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; Forest settlement ,  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 ; Patwari , Civil Police History of British Rule, Forest settlement,  Administration, Policies, Revenue system over Haridwar, Pithoragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand;