A hundred years ago | The Madras Monegar choultry
The Hindu revisits a 1926 appeal from the Madras Monegar Choultry, a charitable institution founded in 1782. The article highlights the historical struggle of the organization to support the destitute and helpless during periods of financial hardship.
Why it matters
It provides historical context on social welfare and charitable infrastructure in colonial India.
The following appeal has been issued by the Board of Directors of the above Choultry:—
The object of this charitable institution, founded in the year 1782 to provide for the living of those who had been thrown in distress on account of the disastrous results of the invasions of Hyder Ali from Mysore, and latterly of old and helpless persons who had no other means of subsistence, is well-known to the public.
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