The Modal Mysore state influenced by the British Administration

Among the Princely States of pre- independent India, Mysore was one of the most important ones in area, population and resources. It was called a model state in view of the efficiency of administration, benevolence of the rulers and the prevailing liberal political institutions. Here an attempt is made to assess the British impact on the administration of Mysore in the nineteenth century. The study is based on Proceedings of the Government of Mysore, Reports on the Administration, contemporary works, besides a number of secondary sources. However, the study confines to the nineteenth century and specially relates to general administration and judiciary. The restored government organized the revenue and finance systems successfully. It helped the people to get peace. It was during this period that the British introduced a number of administrative changes and laid the foundation of a progressive system of administration and as such as State felt the impact of the British rule on a large scale. The Commissioners took the place of the Ruler and made themselves the focus from which all orders emanated. The task entrusted to the Commission was not to inaugurate a new system but to reform flagrant abuses in the old, to liberate trade and commerce to secure the people In their just rights against the gross tyranny and shameful extortion of a host of unscrupulous officials In every department, to purify and regulate the administration of justice, and to develop the resources of the country.