During the Mutiny in 1857, the Coorgs enjoyed the confidence of the British Government to such a degree, that after its suppression Sir Mark Cubbon, the Chief Commissioner, issued to them the following Notification, in English and Canarese, bearing at its head a medallion representing a Coorg in his full array as a warrior.
Notification dated 26th February 1861
In consideration of the exalted honour, loyalty and intrepidity characteristic of this little nation of warriors, and in recollection of its conspicuous services in aid of the British Government, it is my pleasing duty to notify hereby for general information, in virtue of the power vested in me by the Government of India, that the provisions of the Act commonly called the Disarming Act are not applicable to the gallant people of Coorg.
Source: Mysore and Coorg, Vol. III by Lewis Rice
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