The colonial state allied with landed castes against landless Dalits

Evidence

Rupa Viswanath (forthcoming 2014) details the history of the colonial state’s alliance with the landed castes against landless Dalits in the context of the Madras Presidency. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 512

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the caste-annihilation thesis that state power and caste interest are fused, echoing Ambedkar’s argument in the main text that caste is upheld by both religion and political economy.
• QUESTION: Viswanath’s book was forthcoming in 2014 — its published form (The Pariah Problem, 2014) is worth locating for the full evidence base.