A History of Assam c23.68

c23.68

The superintendency came to an end in 1907, and in the following year the Raja was formally installed on the *gadi*. The President of his Darbar is a member of the Indian Civil Service, who is responsible for the administration of the hill tribes living within the State and for all matters of revenue and finance. The Darbar is the highest court in the State, but all sentences passed by it exceeding five years' rigorous imprisonment require the confirmation of the Raja, and sentences of death that of the Governor. During the great War the Raja placed all his resources at the disposal of the British Government, and his valuable services were recognized by the bestowal of the hereditary title of Maharaja. He raised a corps of 2,000 labourers for France, but the endeavour to raise a second corps led to a rising among the Kukis which was only suppressed with the aid of a large force of Assam Rifles, and Burma Military Police. A new scheme for the administration of the tribes in the Manipur hills was then adopted, and three sub-divisions were opened, each administered by a European, or Anglo-Indian, officer, lent to the State by the Government of Assam.