TIPU SULTAN REVENUE ADMINISTRATION IN BARAMAHAL REGION

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to find out the historical aspects of Revenue Administration and its experiment in Baramahal had great important in the revenue history of Madras Presidency. Revenue is the backbone of any administration. Hence the Tipu Sultan had aimed to collect the land revenue through different systems.Old English Mysore war (1790-1792) reached a conclusion after the deficiency of a large portion of Tipu Sultan's domains. The Treaty of Srirangapatnam was endorsed on March 17, 1792. By that the British acquired Dindigul, Baramahal and Malabar. The lost Baramahal was not in the least recuperated by the Mysore King. At any rate after the fall of Srirangapatnam on May 4, 1799, it fell under the control of the alliance of the British, the Maratha and the Nizam of Hyderabad. After the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War 1799, Baramahal was added with the British domain alongside Kanara, Coimbatore, Wynad, Dharapuram and the waterfront area of the Mysore realm. With this short recorded sketch it will be adept to have an examination about the exercises of Tipu Sultan in Baramahal. Keywords: Revenue Administration, Baramahal, Amildars, Kotwals, Tallatits, Inam, Devadhanam, Lebbais Thanadar, Kotwals Talaiyaris