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Volume : II, Issue : VI, July - 2012 Historical Geography Of The Princely State Of Pudukkottai L.Selvamuthu Kumarasami and S.Renukadevi Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Pudukkottai Kingdom has the distinction of being the only Princely State in Tamil Nadu,
which functioned independently under the British Patronage. It enjoyed the unique
tradition of democratic institutions evolved down the centuries. These institutions
reflected the socio - political evolution of the State that was in many ways a microcosm of
the Indian Sub-Continent. This evolution reflected the cataclysmic changes that were
taking place in British India as a result of the National Movement. The Minto-Morley
Reforms Act (1909) and the Montague - Chelmsford Reforms Act (1919), which saw the
slow devolution of powers to the people of British India, had their impact on the small
Princely State of Pudukkottai also. People developed a craving for participative rights in
the Government and the Crown too was ready to satisfy this need. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : L.Selvamuthu Kumarasami and S.Renukadevi, (2012). Historical Geography Of The Princely State Of Pudukkottai. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VI, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1141.pdf References : - Saravanan, M., Historical Sites and Tourism Potential in Pudukkottai District, Ph.D., Thesis, Dravidian University, Kuppam, 2011, p.126.
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