Our Family belongs to the Deshastha Brahmin Community,
hailing from Bijapur. The hereditary occupation
was to hold the office of Deshpande.
Deshpande were either Tax Collectors or Book Keepers who maintained land
and revenue records of a specific region.
Two brothers who belonged to our family left their hereditary office and
came Southward and took employment under Nanda Raj Wodeyar of Srirangapatna.
Krishna Rao was the son of one of the Brothers.
In 18th Century, Krishna Rao worked for Nanda raja
Wodeyar in Srirangapatna. After Hyder
Ali got the better of the Wodeyar’s, Krishna Rao was retained by Krishna Rao to
work for him. Until his death, Krishna
Rao held the post of Sheristadar of
Hosur under Hyder Ali.
As per Wikipedia,
A Sheristadar was the Chief officer of the Court, entrusted with the task of
receiving and checking court pleas. The
word has been derived from the Persian Word, sarishta-dar meaning “record
keeper”. The Sheristadar is responsible
of entire judicial administration of a District/State.
 |
| MADRAS DISTRICT GAZETTEERS - SALEM - VOLUME I, PART II, Page no. 223. |
No comments:
Post a Comment