History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.161.4

v2.c41.161.4

Another letter to Rāja Jānuji Bhonsle contains an expectation of order for the evacuation of Orissa.⁴ On the 20th of the same month a letter was received from Rāja Nārāyan Deo of Parlakimedi, stating that he had never interrupted the gasids of the English Company. He states that though he received *sanads* from Qāsim 'Alī Khān he prized the friendship of the English more than any body else.¹ Sambhājī Gaṇesh, the new *Ṣūbahdār* of Orissa, wrote a long letter received on the 10th of April 1768, stating that a body of 50,000 horse would be placed at the disposal of the British and that Mr. Alleyn had imparted all necessary information to him. Sambhājī writes that all particulars will be imparted to Udepurī Gosāin when he comes to Katak.² Sambhājī sent a reminder, which was received on the 29th April of the same year, in which it was stated that the letter received on the 1st of the same month was written on his arrival in Katak. This Sambhājī relieved Bhavānī Paṇḍit and ruled Orissa till 1771.³ On the 3rd May, the Rājā of Sambalpur complained against Sambhājī Gaṇesh, stating that a certain agent (*wakīl*) had been prevented from coming and the new Maratha governor was creating great disturbance, Sambhājī himself sent another reminder which was received in Calcutta on the 4th of May.⁴