Madras District Gazetteers District Gazetteer Cuddapah - PB

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, some pages are missing and may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text. About the Book:-The present gazetteer is prepared on different lines, and exigencies of form and matter have necessitated the omission of much that is still of interest in the old manual, which has thus not been revised so much as partially replaced. Statistics are under the present system relegated as far as possible to a separate volume of Appendices, which it is proposed to revise decennially, after every census. It contains 15 chapters with synopsis and a map of the Cuddapah district. It discusses Physical Description, Political History, The People, Agriculture and Irrigation, Forests, Occupation and Trade, Means of Communication, Rainfall and Seasons, Public Health, Education, Land Revenue Administration, Salt, Abkari and Miscellaneous Revenue, Administration of Justice, Local Self-Government, Gazetteer and Index. About the Author:-Sir Cecil Fabian Brackenbury KCIE CSI was a civil servant and bureaucrat who served as Chief Secretary of the Madras Presidency from 1935 to 1939. He was Chief Secretary when the first elections were held in the Madras Presidency as per the Government of India Act, 1935 and had a warm and friendly relationship with C. Rajagopalachari, the Premier of Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939.Brackenbury joined the Indian Civil Service on 1st November 1905 and served as Assistant Collector and Magistrate in Chittoor, Ootacamund and Chingleput. From 1920 to 1924, he served as Political Agent in Sandur State. As Settlement Officer in Cuddapah, Brackenbury was instrumental in preparing the Cuddapah District Gazetteer. Later, he was promoted Deputy Collector and then, Collector and he served as District Collector of Nilgiris District from 17th April 1926 to 20rh March 1928