Cultural and Social Condition
under nawab
| The social condition
in the Nawab Kingdom had been generally good. People led peaceful
life. In spite of’ the external influence the Nawabs contributed
much for the social development. Each village had a head man, Kannakkan,
Thalaiyari and other officials to serve the people. The office of
the village head man was hereditary. Village headmen and the Palaykkars
were looking after the Judicial matters at the bottom level. The
tax collecting officials applied hard methods to collect taxes from
the people. The farmers and villagers had to live at time mercy
of the tax collecting officials. The privileged people paid less
tax, the unprivileged people paid more taxes. Salary of the officials
were paid either as cash or land. Europeans were also appointed
in Government services. |
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Art and Culture
The Nawabs patronized art and literature.
They also encouraged Arabic and Persian languages. The Nawab’s period
experienced the mingling of different cultures together.
The Tamil society received many cultural
inputs from the Muslims arid Europeans. Nawabs were liberal towards were
liberal towards Hindus and Hindu temples. They built many forts. Amir
Mahal at Chennai is a very good example of the Nawab style of architecture.
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