Land Endowment of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah in Tiruchirappalli region with special reference to Christian Frederick Schwartz
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Land possessed great value and the gift of land was a marker of status for the ruler. Land grant were given by the rulers was not only for extend cultivation and agriculture to new areas. They did land grants in order to carry out elaborate rituals, to establish educational institutions, to construct worship places and thus to win the hearts of their subjects. These land endowments which brought social and cultural harmony in the society. This paper traces the donation of land for the oldest Anglican Christ Church was donated by the Nawab of the Carnatic.
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