Those Days...

Yesterday as I was digging out some old records at Puttur police station, I found this document in the village crime history of puttur village , thought I could share it with you. The following document is a running log of important events happening in the village jurisdiction and the extract is that of the year 1934. I was amazed to see the kind of details that were put in and quality of station house officers of those times. These logs are maintained even to this day and form a very important part of police station documentation. But you need to have a look at the present ones to see how things have deteriorated over the years.

Have a closer look at the second para which reads:

“ Mr Gandhi came here on 9.2.’34 from Mercara on his way to mangalore when there was a proud reception. Almost all vakils attended. He stayed with Dr. Sundar Rau, gave a speech on untouchability, got a purse from the public & left after visiting the adi dravida colony at Bappalige.”
T. Ananda Rao
9.2.’34

Mercara : Present Madikeri district also called as Coorg commonly
Mangalore: District headquarters of present day Dakshina Kannada district.
Adi Dravida: Presently belong to the dalits.
Bappalige: A small extention in present day Puttur.
T. Ananda Rao : Station House Officer , Police Station, Puttur ( 1933- 1934).

The last para records the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru on 10-02-37, when he was President of the Indian National Congress.

( to see details of the writing, click on the picture and when it opens click again on the right lower corner to expand it further )

Well so much for a dose of history....