Popular perception views the colonial regime as totally unconcerned about the notions of propriety and sentiments associated with the native population. Such a view does not bar us from studying colonial governance and the public works that it undertook under normal governance. The case study of fishing prohibitions imposed on the lakes of Ajmer–Pushkar highlights not only the regard that the colonial government had towards the religious sentiments of the masses but also the influence of modern Western ideas of environment conservation. Parallel to this runs the narrative of communal tension that erupts due to the prioritisation of religious sentiments of the majority community by the British State. The poor, whose sustenance is dependent on fishing, find ways to breach the colonial prohibitions, thereby challenging the regime’s authority. Similarly, the representatives of the vegetarian merchant class use their influence to compel the British administrators to take the steps they favoured. No consensus or conclusion is reached due to the complex nature of the whole affair, but the reading of the correspondence that emergence to and from the Chief Commissioner’s Office of Ajmer–Merwara on the subject may give us an insight into the various factors that influenced the functioning of the colonial administration and the diverse kinds of reaction that these elicited from the native population.

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殖民时期阿杰梅尔-普什卡水域的狩猎和捕鱼禁令：边缘化社区的案例

人们普遍认为殖民政权完全不关心与当地人相关的礼仪观念和情感。这样的观点并不妨碍我们研究殖民地的治理及其在正常治理下所进行的公共工程。对阿杰梅尔-普什卡湖禁渔的案例研究，不仅凸显了殖民政府对民众宗教情感的重视，也凸显了现代西方环境保护理念的影响。与此平行的是由于英国政府优先考虑大多数社区的宗教情绪而爆发的社区紧张局势。依靠捕鱼为生的穷人想方设法违反殖民禁令，从而挑战政权的权威。同样，素食商人阶级的代表利用他们的影响力迫使英国管理者采取他们赞成的措施。由于整个事件的复杂性，尚未达成共识或结论，但阅读阿杰梅尔-梅瓦拉首席专员办公室就该问题发出的信件，可以让我们深入了解影响事件的各种因素。殖民政府的运作以及由此引起的当地居民的各种反应。