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Kalvarayan hills overexploitation – Jagirdars
August 27 , 2024
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- Kalvarayan hills were overexploited by three of its Jagirdars (mini rulers) before the State government takeover in 1976.
- It is spread over 78,000 hectares in the eastern ghats.
- The Kalvarayan hills were spread over 600 square kilometres across Kallakurichi, Salem, Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri districts.
- They had an elevation ranging from 600 to 900 metres.
- The hills were ruled by the Jagirdhars Jadayak Goundan, Ariyak Goundan and Kurumba Goundan for long time.
- But the Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act of 1963 was intended to abolish the Jagirs.
- The State government passed an order on December 31, 1965 for taking control of the Kalvarayan hills under the 1963 Act.
- The legal battle ended only in 1976 when the cases were withdrawn and the government finally took over the lands on August 25, 1976.
- These hills had a population of around 20,000 people as per the 2011 census.
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