Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c6.s3.8
Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c6.s3.8
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c6.s3.8
43. With respect to the Regulation itself (as observed in our orders of the 5th ultimo to the Acting Magistrate) ‘we did not discern any substantial reasons for the abolition of the tax on houses in the cities and principal towns established by Regulation XV, 1810, and that with those sentiments we further thought that it would be extremely unwise to sacrifice to riot and clamour a tax, the abolition of which was not dictated by any considerations of general policy.’