The Diary of Thiruvenkadam Pillai

Volumes 1 & 2 (in Tamil)

Ed. S. Jayaseela Stephen

Thiruvenkadam Pillai was the brother’s son of the great diarist of Ananda Ranga Pillai who lived during the French Rule. The diary of Thiruvenkadam Pillai, covering the events during the British rule from 1760 to 1781, is an important historical document depicting the socio-political life of northern Tamilnadu and Puducherry. The author of these two volumes, Dr.S.Jayaseela Stephen, is a well-known historian whose contribution on Portuguese and French documents are significant.