1832
The Dewan Katcheri Nirup
Among the early nineteenth-century references concerning coffee cultivation and the lands associated with the Baba Budan Dargah is a Nirup attributed to the Commissioner’s Dewan Cutcherry, dated 13 November 1832. In the archive’s existing chronology, it is identified as Nirup No. 5.
The coffee-land question
The Nirup belongs to a sequence of administrative references relating to the treatment of coffee grown on lands associated with the Dargah, including disputes about the levy of waram, or a share of produce/revenue. The larger documentary question was how cultivation within recognised institutional lands was distinguished from cultivation on surrounding government land.
Later nineteenth-century government enquiries drew on earlier orders and references when considering the history and extent of the Dargah’s Inam and coffee-land claims. The 1832 reference is therefore useful as part of that documentary sequence, but should not be read as a self-contained determination of modern title or survey boundaries.
Where this record fits
The chronology currently places the 1832 Nirup after the 1829 Coffee Inam Nirup and the 1831 Nirup. Together these entries help trace how coffee cultivation and land administration entered the official record during the early Mysore period.
Research directions
Future verification should identify the specific later government dossier and page containing the 1832 reference, determine whether it reproduces the full order or only summarises it, and compare its wording with the 1829 and 1831 records. Any newly verified transcription or document photograph can then be added to this record under the same permanent archive ID.
Suggested citation: Baba Budan Archives, “1832 — The Dewan Katcheri Nirup,” BD-COF-1832-01 (research entry; referenced instrument, direct manuscript verification pending).