 The Pallis tried to get an order in Pondicherry that by descent they were not a low agricultural caste.In preparation for the 1871 Indian census they petitioned to be recognised as being of the Kshatriya varna.They formed a number of caste organisations using their preferred name, with the Vanniyakula Kshatriya Maha Sangam appearing in Madras in 1888 and extending state-wide in 1952.