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Book throws new insights into Punganur Zamindari system
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‘First Zamindari under British rule hailed for being pro-people during famine’
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K.S.S. Seshan, a retired history professor, with his book ‘Famines and famine relief measures during 19th century’.
‘First Zamindari under British rule hailed for being pro-people during famine’
History has branded Zamindars as swindlers of public property and the system of hereditary landlords per se is abhorred for being ‘high-handed’. However, here is a Zamindari that reached out to the needy in the poverty-stricken western Chittoor.
Known for its chequered history, Punganur Zamindari was the first to come under the British rule in 1799 on the death of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, while the others in Rayalaseema came only the next year. In his latest book titled ‘Famines and famine relief measures during 19th century’, K.S.S. Seshan, a retired professor and head of history at the Unive