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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Administrative title}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Amsham Adhikari&#039;&#039;&#039; was an administrative title created by the British in [[Malabar District|Malabar]] in 1816 by Special Commissioner H. S. Graeme. The British divided the villages into amshams and each amsham&#039;s leader was designated &#039;&#039;Adhikari&#039;&#039; and given control of the village. They exercised police powers and had the right to collect taxes.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://old.keralapolice.gov.in/kerala-police/history/police-in-ancient-kerala|title=Police in Ancient Kerala|website=old.keralapolice.gov.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.ras.org.in/selecting_a_village_in_the_malabar_region_kerala_india|title=RAS &amp;#124; Selecting a &quot;Village&quot; in the Malabar Region, Kerala, India: A Note|website=www.ras.org.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516140|jstor=3516140|title=Historical Background of the Moplah Rebellion: Outbreaks, 1836-1919|last1=Wood|first1=Conrad|journal=Social Scientist|year=1974|volume=3|issue=1|pages=5–33|doi=10.2307/3516140}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=10075:1921-mappila-and-the-idea-of-a-nation&amp;catid=129:events-and-activism&amp;Itemid=195|title=1921, Mappila and the idea of a nation|first=Bobby|last=Kunhu|website=Round Table India}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3516140|jstor = 3516140|title = Historical Background of the Moplah Rebellion: Outbreaks, 1836-1919|last1 = Wood|first1 = Conrad|journal = Social Scientist|year = 1974|volume = 3|issue = 1|pages = 5–33|doi = 10.2307/3516140}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{India-bio-stub}}<br /> [[Category:People of British India]]<br /> [[Category:Titles in India]]<br /> [[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of British India]]<br /> [[Category:Men&#039;s social titles]]<br /> [[Category:Awards disestablished in 1947]]<br /> [[Category:Madras Presidency]]<br /> [[Category:Local government in India]]</div>

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