RAJAJI AND PROHIBITION MEASURES IN MADRAS PRESIDENCY

Among the reforms introduced in Madras Presidency, none has more vitally affected the moral, social as well as the economic welfare of the people than temperance and prohibition. The British introduced a series of measures in the Nineteenth Century the habit of drinking and the use of other intoxicants. The Indian National Congress in 1885 wanted to bring about a moral regeneration of the Indian masses. The law pertaining to Prohibition was introduced on 1st October 1937 during the administration of Rajaji in Madras Presidency, then it implemented in Salem and other Districts. It has its sweets as well as its bitters, its healthy as well as unhealthy aspects. The aim of this paper is to reveal both of them.