You are trying to say " as early as in 1833, the Vanniyar, who were then known as Pallis, had ceased to accept their status as an agricultural caste and tried to procure a decree in Pondicherry that by descent they were not a low caste".
Book says "As early as 1833, the Pallis, as they were then called, had ceased to accept their status as a humble agricultural caste and tried to procure a decree in Pondicherry that they were not a low caste".
Merkcid you have made a exact copy  Sangitha rani111