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PUD NO_875-1-8 GOLD |
| Subject | : | Prince of Wales Visit to Madras |
| Size | : | 33 mm |
| Metal | : | Gold |
| Year | : | 1875 |
| Description | : | obv. In centre the Prince of Wales' plumes and motto with : A, to left and: E, to right, rev. Arms in top third of medal. Below : PRESENTED / IN LOYAL COMMEMORATION / OF THE VISIT OF / H.R.H. / THE PRINCE OF WALES / TO / MADRAS / 1875 / BY THE JAGIRDAR OF ARNI.
The Bombay Mint registers record the striking of this medal but not the metal in which it was struck. Silver and copper are known. The diameter in the die impression register of the Bombay Mint is 33 mm while Eimer records 43 mm.
Arni jagir (a jagir is hereditary assignment of land and of its rent) lay in the district of north Arcot about 80 miles to the south-west of Madras. The Jagirdar was thus the ruler of this 184 square mile area with a population about 80,000 in 1875 residing in 139 villages. He inherited the jagir from his seventeenth century ancestor who had received the jagir as a reward for military services by the Maratha chief Shivaji during his expedition into the Carnatic. |
