• Dr. A. SAJEEN
• T. JAYASUDHA

This paper is to study about Reactions of the People in Tamil Nadu to the Public services in British India. The British considered Indians unworthy of trust and they could not be allowed to fill in any but the humblest offices in the government. This attitude aroused suspicion in the minds of Indians. Indians, especially the Tamils started opposing this attitude of the British tooth and nail. The age limit was fixed at twenty three years. In 1859, the age limit was reduced to twenty-two. In 1866, it was further reduced to twenty-one and finally to nineteen in 1876. This policy went against the Queen’s Proclamation of 1858 which stated “no discrimination could be made in the matter of public employment on the basis of caste, creed and race”. Even though the natives took great pain in this regard, the government did nothing in favor of them till 1922 when the government conceded their demands and introduced competitive examination. The British rulers would have got the same amount of loyalty, efficiency and uprightness from the Indian officers as they got from the Europeans and Englishmen if they had given due consideration to the Indians in this particular issue.

Anglo-Indians, Exploited Indigenous agency, Civil Servant and Proclamation

"REACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN TAMIL NADU TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES IN BRITISH INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no.1745-1750, January-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801300.pdf

"REACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN TAMIL NADU TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES IN BRITISH INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no. pp1745-1750, January-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801300.pdf