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Language Tamil Subject Legal documents Level [36] Series

1. EAP314/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/1/2
Title:
Petition Notebooks [1915-1938]
Scope & Content:
This series consists of hand written petitions send to Ananji Thevar and his son Pinna Thevar respectively grand father and father of the Current Document Holder Thavamani Thevar. These are contained in school notebooks (varying between 40 to 80 pages) from villages under the jurisdiction of the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1915-1938
Extent:
465 TIFF images

2. EAP314/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/1/3
Title:
Copper plates issued by King Thirumalai Nayakar [Mid 17th century]
Scope & Content:
This series contains three copper plates were issued by the Nayak King Thirumalai Nayakar who rule Madurai in the middle of the 17th century to Pinna Tevar who was the first Pramalai Kallar headman bearing a royal title bestowed on him by the king. The current document holder, Tavamani Tevar is ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

3. EAP314/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/3/3
Title:
Land Transactions [1865-1937]
Scope & Content:
This series contains receipts for the land tax collected by the Siruvalai Zamin on behalf of the Ganesha temple for the period 1865-1937 and notices to sell the lands in open auctions. 26 printed and handwritten paper documents. Various formats.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1865-1937
Extent:
50 TIFF images

4. EAP314/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/3/5
Title:
Siruvalai Zamin's Copper plates [1827-1945]
Scope & Content:
This series contains 3 copperplates which did not originally belong to Sundarapandian's family but were taken from their gurukal (the religious head of their subcaste). The dates of each copperplate are given in the Tamil calendar but their equivalent in the Gregorian calendar have note been ide...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1827-1945
Extent:
6 TIFF images

5. EAP314/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/4/3
Title:
Land transactions [1870-1959]
Scope & Content:
This series contains two files of various land transactions such as land mortgage deeds, sale deeds, leases, etc. 116 handwritten and printed documents. Legal size paper (height 35.56 cm/width 21.59 cm) and other formats.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1870-1959
Extent:
352 TIFF images

6. EAP314/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/4/5
Title:
Temple management [1862-1947]
Scope & Content:
This series contains two files documents regarding temple accounts and management.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1862-1947
Extent:
81 TIFF images

7. EAP314/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/5/1
Title:
Honour dispute documents [1889-1953]
Scope & Content:
This scope and content of this series are identical to that of the collection (as there is one series) 3 handwritten and typed paper documents
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1889-1953
Extent:
40 TIFF images

8. EAP314/8/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP314/8/5
Title:
Ritual tax collection notebooks [1920-1939]
Scope & Content:
This series contains the different villages visited by the Sivagiri Addenam and the ritual tax collected from each household which comes under his jurisdiction. The Addenam would perform an important ritual, the Siva puja, for the Kongu Vellala caste people which they could not perform themselve...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1920-1939
Extent:
1190 TIFF images

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