History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.161.2

v2.c41.161.2

The English offered the Maratha envoy and his chief, friendship, harmony and "concord from his inmost soul" but no money, not a single rupee of the crores which had accumulated.¹ A letter from Udepurī Gosāin informed the Governor that affairs will not be settled till he went to Nagpur.² On the 13th of December, 1767, Udepurī Gosāin and Mīr Zain-ul-'Abidīn Khān were directed to come to Calcutta immediately. Another long letter was received from Rājā Jānujī on the 16th of the same month. In this it is stated that Jānujī sent replies to Nawāb Nāẓim Saif-ud-daulah and Muḥammad Riza Khān.³ Śivarām Bhaṭṭa was still in rebellion and thought that a breach of peace between the English and the Marathas would be to his own benefit. Two more letters were received on the same day addressed to the Governor and a third to Muḥammad Riza Khān. The last letter contains the information that the proposal for the cession of Orissa was made through the Nawāb and his Naib and it was proposed to pay 13 lakhs of rupees annually. The cession of Orissa was practically agreed upon and Udepurī was recommended for the Ṣubahdārī of Orissa. Zain-ul-'Abidīn is accused of perfidy. Jānujī stated that the cession of Orissa was never made a condition precedent to the payment of 12 lakhs of rupees.