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(W.W. Georgeson)

Small Collections Box 11

Experiences as a magistrate in Madras Presidency 1946. Describes a riot in the. village Alattoor and the influence of the Kisan Association and the ringleader Koopoo Voikaran. The riot was against the landowners by the landless tenants and labourers. TS 8 pp.

Reminiscences written up from diaries, 1933

1. Sub-collector Chicacole (500 miles north of Madras).
2. A visit of the Governor of Madras Sir George Stanley, to Ganjam, 1934. Rival hospitality between the Raja of Parlakimedi and the Raja of Khallikota. Sowras and Khonds.
3. Agency tracts in Madras Presidency. Bissoyis. Sowras.
4. Sub-collector Coonoor, Nilgiris, 1937. Elections for Legislative Assembly.