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EAP314/4
- Record Id:
- 032-002501097
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501097
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431334.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP314/4
- Title:
- Nataraj Servai's collection of conflict and land transaction documents [1862-1959]
- Scope & Content:
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This large collection belongs to Nataraj Servai, who belongs to a lineage of headmen of the Servai (Agamudayar) caste in Adalai. The documents were handed down to him by his father who held them from his own father and grandfather father . These documents cover different areas such as that of dispute settlement handled by the family men in their capacity both as traditional village headmen (Ur Nattanmai) and as officially appointed presidents of the Village Panchayat Court (VPC) of Adalai. These documents shed light on the interaction and negotiation between village level judiciary practices and state intervention. A number of documents deal specifically with disputes between local drama companies and the parents of their young recruits. Another set of documents deal with financial and agrarian transactions.
277 handwritten and printed paper documents, 1 notebook.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Rescuing Tamil customary law: locating and copying endangered records of village judicial assemblies (1870-1940)
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002501097", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP314/4: Nataraj Servai's collection of conflict and land transaction documents [1862-1959]" },{ "id" : "040-002476018", "parent" : "032-002501097", "text" : "EAP314/4/1: Drama company disputes [1932-1936]" },{ "id" : "040-002476019", "parent" : "032-002501097", "text" : "EAP314/4/2: Government communication [1874-1948]" },{ "id" : "036-002476020", "parent" : "032-002501097", "text" : "EAP314/4/3: Land transactions [1870-1959]" },{ "id" : "040-002476032", "parent" : "036-002476020", "text" : "EAP314/4/3/1: Land sale deeds [1870-1953]" },{ "id" : "040-002476033", "parent" : "036-002476020", "text" : "EAP314/4/3/2: Mortgage deeds [1883-1959]" },{ "id" : "040-002476021", "parent" : "032-002501097", "text" : "EAP314/4/4: Village panchayat court [1869-1953]" },{ "id" : "036-002476022", "parent" : "032-002501097", "text" : "EAP314/4/5: Temple management [1862-1947]" },{ "id" : "040-002476023", "parent" : "036-002476022", "text" : "EAP314/4/5/1: Temple accounts notebook [1916-1935]" },{ "id" : "040-002476024", "parent" : "036-002476022", "text" : "EAP314/4/5/2: Temple papers [1862-1947]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002501097
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP314/4/1 : Drama company disputes [1932-1936]
EAP314/4/2 : Government communication [1874-1948]
EAP314/4/3 : Land transactions [1870-1959]
EAP314/4/4 : Village panchayat court [1869-1953]
EAP314/4/5 : Temple management [1862-1947]
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- 032-002501097
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP314/4
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 858 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP314-4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Tamil - Scripts:
- Latin
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1959
- Date Range:
- 1862-1959
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP314 Rescuing Tamil customary law: locating and copying endangered records of village judicial assemblies (1870-1940) project, with the permission of Nataraj Servai
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Dr Zoe Headley, January 2011 (Accession Record EAP314/1)
- Arrangement:
- The documents were not given any order by the document holder except for a separation according to format (loose papers) which has been followed.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP314 was funded by Endangered Archives Programme. This collection created digital copies of records held by Nataraj Servai
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies have been deposit with the Tamil Nadu State Archives and Institut Français de Pondichéry Library
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by the Adalai, Madurai Taluk, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)