Baba Budan Archives · Inam & Coffee-Land Proceedings
1884 – The Mysore Government Order of 28 April 1884
Archive Record · BD-INAM-1884-01
Government Order No. 710-11-7, dated 28 April 1884, concerning the historical administration of coffee lands claimed in connection with the Dattatreya Peetha Darga and Bisagni Matt on the Baba Budan Hills. Its identification is supported by a later official proceeding dated 11 July 1885; the complete wording of the 1884 order must be checked against its own surviving text.
The 1884 Government Order
A specifically identifiable Mysore administrative decision, distinct from the later records that cite it.
The historical record identifies Government Order No. 710-11-7, dated 28 April 1884, in connection with the treatment of coffee lands on the Baba Budan Hills. The matter formed part of a wider series of proceedings involving claims associated with the Dattatreya Peetha Darga and Bisagni Matt.
A printed Mysore Revenue Proceeding dated 11 July 1885, Case No. 765, refers back to the Dewan’s proceedings of 28 April 1884. This is important contemporary confirmation of the earlier order’s reference number and date, but it does not automatically reproduce every provision of that order.
Archival distinction
The 1884 order and the 1885 proceeding are separate records. The 1885 reference corroborates the existence and identification of the 1884 decision; any detailed quotation or legal interpretation of the 1884 order must be checked against the complete order itself.
Claims Concerning Coffee Lands
The order belongs to a documented nineteenth-century administrative enquiry, not an isolated event.
File No. 48 of 1882 concerns claims by the Dattatreya Peetha Darga and Bisagni Matt to coffee lands on the Baba Budan Hills.
Dewan’s Proceedings No. 710-11-7 is the identified order under investigation.
Mysore Revenue Proceeding, Case No. 765, refers to the 1884 proceedings while discussing the settlement of the disputed coffee lands and associated tenure and assessment questions.
Why this matters
These proceedings help reconstruct how the Mysore administration considered competing claims and questions of tenure and assessment. A party’s claim, an official’s description, and the final legal effect of a government order must be analysed separately.
What the Available Evidence Establishes
Clear conclusions are distinguished from matters still requiring direct examination.
It Establishes
- The 1884 proceedings can be identified by the reference No. 710-11-7 and date 28 April 1884.
- An official proceeding of 11 July 1885 refers back to that decision.
- The administrative context includes claims concerning coffee lands associated with the Dattatreya Peetha Darga and Bisagni Matt.
- Later officials discussed tenure and assessment in connection with the earlier proceedings.
It Does Not, By Itself, Establish
- That every provision of the 1884 order has been reproduced in the 1885 reference.
- That either claimant’s historical assertions were accepted in full.
- That a nineteenth-century administrative arrangement conclusively determines present-day title or possession.
- That all affected parcels can be identified without examining the relevant schedules, surveys and later proceedings.
Genuine Documentary Evidence
Only verified images from the historical file should appear in this section.
Original-image policy
The first position displays an existing Media Library scan whose precise identity remains to be verified; the 1885 supporting-document position is hidden pending a verified scan. Use only genuine extracts from the scanned records. Do not use a generated imitation, antique-style reconstruction, or unrelated historical illustration as documentary evidence.
A Link Between the Inam and Coffee Records
This order belongs within both the Inam & Muzrai and Coffee History research collections. It should be read alongside the 1882–1885 claims dossier, earlier settlement records and later official discussions of the same lands.
The documentary sequence helps identify the questions government officers were addressing, while preserving the distinction between an administrative record, a claimant’s argument and an independently established legal conclusion.
Master Source & Classification
Source Trail
1884: Dewan’s Proceedings No. 710-11-7, 28 April 1884. 1885: Mysore Revenue Proceeding, Case No. 765, 11 July 1885, referenced on PDF page 119 of the 574-page claims dossier. Page numbering should be rechecked when the final image extract is prepared.
Archive Classification
BD-INAM-1884-01 — Baba Budan-specific Inam and coffee-land administration. Evidence status: officially referenced; full order text and the exact extent of its provisions require source-level verification. The 1885 proceeding should receive its own archive entry when catalogued.
BD-INAM-1884-01 · Government Proceedings
The 1884 Decision in Its Documentary Chain
Historical research is strongest when each decision is read alongside the records that preceded and followed it. The 1884 order and its 1885 official reference form part of that chain, while leaving questions of the order’s full wording and subsequent legal effect open to further verification.