The private diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, dubash to Joseph François Dupleix, governor of Pondicherry ; A record of matters: political, historical, social, and personal, from 1736-1761

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by  Ān̲antaraṅkap Piḷḷai, 1709-1761

THE PRIVATE DIARY OF
AN AND A RANGA PILLAI
,
DUSASH TO
JOSEPH F. DUPLE 1%
A'RECORD OF MATTERS
POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
FROM
1736 TO 1761

THE PRIVATE DIARY
OF
ANANDA RANGA PILLAI

THE PRIVATE DIARY
OF
ANANDA RANGA PILLAI
DUBASH TO
JOSEPH FRANCOIS DUPLEIX
GOVERNOR OF PONDICHERRY
A RECORD OF MATTERS:
POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, AND PERSONAL
FROM
1736 TO 1761
TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS
EDITED BY
HENRY DODWELL
IN 12 VOLUMES
VOL. IV
(MARCH 1747 - MARCH 1748)
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PREFATORY NOTE.
The translation of the following section of Ananda
Ranga Pillai’s Diary has been rendered the more
difficult because there exists in India no text with
which the Madras transcript of this portion can be
collated. The original and the Montbrun transcript
both seem to have been lost.
I have to acknowle lge with great gratitude the
courtesy with which His Excellency M. Martineau,
Governor of the French Settlements in India, per¬
mitted me to examine the archives at Pondichery,
together with the kindness of the French Minister
of the Colonies in permitting me to procure copies
of documents lodged at the Ministcre ties Colonics at
Paris. My sincere thanks are due to Mr. W. Foster,
c.i.e., for affording me information on numerous
points of detail; to Mr. S. C. Hill for being so kind
as to read the proof-sheets and make several sug¬
gestions of which I have taken advantage ; to the
Hon’ble Diwan Bahadur L. D. Swamikannu Pillai
for translating and annotating the horoscope
printed as an appendix to the present volume; and
aUo to Dr. F. do Hann, the Archivist at Batavia,
for information regarding Sadras. I must further
acknowledge the great assistance afforded me by
Rao Sahib K. Ranga Achariyar, the Superintendent
of the Madras Record Office, and by M.R.Ry. S.
Kuppuswami Ayyar, in preparing the text of the
translation.
IV THE DIARY OF ANANDA RANOA P1LLAI.
As regards printed authorities, my principal
obligations are to Colonel Love’s Vestiges of Old
Madras, to M. Cultru’s Dupleix, to the Marquis de
Nazelle’s La Defense de Pondichery, and to the
volumes of records issued by the Societe de Vhistoire
de Vlnde frangatse. Other obligations are acknow¬
ledged in the footnotes.
N.B.— My references to the records at Pondichery are
indicated by the letters ‘ P.R.’ and the numbering is given as
in M. Martineau’s recent Catalogue.
H.D.