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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"