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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Badulla Kachcheri
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Description area
Dates of existence
1810-1900
History
After the Kandyan Convention was signed on 2nd March 1815, Simon Sawers was appointed to Badulla as first accredited agent on 22nd April 1815. In September 1816, administration of the Kandyan Provinces changed. Board of Commissioners was formed consisting of a Resident, Judicial and a Revenue Commissioners. Badulla was held by military officers combined with revenue and judicial duties with their own as commandants in 1821.
In 1890, there were 7 subdivisions of Uva namely Udukinda, Yatikanda, Bintenne, Buttala, Wellawaya, Wiyaluwa
The military and civil duties exercised by the Dissawa were separated. Accordingly, the collection of revenue, the maintenance of law and order through headmen system, the cast services, and extraction of the customary service were entrusted to the collector. All the regulations of the government were published and enforced through the kachcheri. The kachcheri was made the coordinating office and the collector functioned as the contacting officer between the British government and the natives.
By the end of the 19th century there were separate sections in the kachcheri for the general administration, revenue, land matters, native affairs, irrigation, local government, social service, health etc.
Old administrative district was abolished in 1955 and new administrative district established according to the Act No.22 of 1955. The administration remained unchanged upto 1990.
In 1890, there were 7 subdivisions of Uva namely Udukinda, Yatikanda, Bintenne, Buttala, Wellawaya, Wiyaluwa
The military and civil duties exercised by the Dissawa were separated. Accordingly, the collection of revenue, the maintenance of law and order through headmen system, the cast services, and extraction of the customary service were entrusted to the collector. All the regulations of the government were published and enforced through the kachcheri. The kachcheri was made the coordinating office and the collector functioned as the contacting officer between the British government and the natives.
By the end of the 19th century there were separate sections in the kachcheri for the general administration, revenue, land matters, native affairs, irrigation, local government, social service, health etc.
Old administrative district was abolished in 1955 and new administrative district established according to the Act No.22 of 1955. The administration remained unchanged upto 1990.
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Control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/KACH/BD
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin