History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c37.39

v2.c37.39

Rāmachandra Deva organised the worship in the temple of Jagannātha at Puri. Stirling says, "Khurdah with Pursottem Chetter and certain Mehals, were assigned in Zemindari tenure, free of all tribute, to Ramachandra Deva, with the title of Maha Raja, and the Musselman dignity of the commandership or sovereignty over, and to collect tribute from, 129 of the Killahs or jurisdiction of the Khetris of Orissa, including all the present Cuttack tributary Mehals south of the Mahanadi, and the Estates of Gumser, Moherry, etc., reaching as far as the borders of Kimedy in Ganjam. Killah Al, with its dependencies, was assigned as a Zemindari to Ramachander, the eldest son of Telinga Mukund Deo, and Sarengerh on the same tenure to the second son Chakauri Bhowerber, Both were acknowledged as Rajas, and had the control of a number of the Killahjat Estates in different parts of the district,¹ Inspite of his installation by a Mughal Viceroy, Rāmachandra Deva's successors became the quarry of each and every Mughal officer in Orissa, Hindu or Musalman, till the cession of the province to the Marathas in 1751.