History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.230

v2.c41.230

A complaint was addressed to Sambhājī Gaṇesh regarding the behaviour of the zamindar of Shahbandar near Balasore, who was levying duty on grain imported into the Company's *parganah* of Lambajpur (? Laichanpur).³ A letter written by Udepurī Gosāin from Katak and received by the governor on the 24th July, 1770, informed him of the former's arrival at Katak. The Gosāin states that the governor had forgotten to send for him for two months and states that Jānujī had ordered him to proceed to Nagpur.⁴ A letter from the *Ṣubahdār* of Katak received on the 13th of September informed the governor that his letter addressed to Sambhājī Gaṇesh had been received and that Sambhājī was no longer the *Ṣubahdār* of Orissa. The Zamindar of Shahbandar had denied the charge.⁵ On the 3rd November the governor addressed Rājārām Pandit as the *Ṣubahdār* of Katak. In this letter Rājārām Pandit was requested to assist Mr. Alleyn in realizing his dues from his debtors.¹ According to the *Mādalā Pānji* Rājārām Pandit became the governor in 1778 long after the death of Rājā Jānoji Bhonsle.² Rājārām Mukund Pandit was the *Diwān* of Orissa for many years before his appointment as *Ṣubahdār* of the province in *’Amli* 1185=1778 A. D.³