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Superiority
in Numbers
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Brahmins dominated
high-level positions in the government services around the time of
the founding of the Justice Party, holding upwards of 70 percent of
the posts. |
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Of a total 535
employees in the Public Works Department of Madras Presidency in 1919,
Brahmins numbered a staggering 398, including both top-of-the-line
superintending engineers’ posts, and 10 of 14 executive engineers. |
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Brahmins accounted
for 394 of the 679 revenue cadre of deputy collectors, tehsildars,
deputy tehsildars and sub-magistrates and 638 out of 800 revenue inspectors. |
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As for the judicial
department, of a total of 216 senior judges, sub-judges and district
munsiffs, 143 counted as Brahmins. |
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The lead was
especially pronounced in education, where Brahmins garnered 310 out
of 390 higher posts. |
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