@Dharmi2020 Very, very important reason.
In British rule, the dubashes, zamindars and moneylenders made large amounts of money and enjoyed high status.
In dyarchy, popular vote meant they had to give up some of that to middle class professionals. Many of the middle-class professionals who
In British rule, the dubashes, zamindars and moneylenders made large amounts of money and enjoyed high status.
In dyarchy, popular vote meant they had to give up some of that to middle class professionals. Many of the middle-class professionals who
@Dharmi2020 became the new elite were lawyers, judges, bureaucrats. Tam Brahms had volumes in bureaucracy + had captured high positions + led Independence movement in Madras Presidency.
Convergence of interests of dubash-zamindar-moneylender with British.
Convergence of interests of dubash-zamindar-moneylender with British.
@Dharmi2020 From The Politics of South India 1920-1937 by Christopher John Baker - in 1890s this dubash-zamindar-moneylender clique was challenged by this new Mylapore Set. 
@Dharmi2020 While they remained firmly in the Moderate Congress camp till 1905, the new leaders who emerged from the provinces were those like VOC, VVS Iyer, Subramania Siva, Subramania Bharati - the militants. That's when the Justice Party became an important tool to tame the militants.
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