The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai - VOLUME 1

Abstract

The account given here of Ranga Pillai has mainly been derived from a copy of a petition in French, addressed to the Governor of Pondichery, which has been obtained from the family. Inthis the petitioner, after recounting the history of his uncle and his services, requested compensation for the losses which his relative had sustained in consequence of his devotion to the cause of the French. It bears no date, but from its contentst here seems but little doubt that it was written not long after the death of Ranga Pillai.