History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.287.1

v2.c41.287.1

Another passport was issued for Beṇirām Pandit who was travelling with his retinue and three elephants and other articles sent to Mahārāja Sābāji Bhonsle, through Benares.⁵ In a letter received on the 2nd November, Beṇirām Pandit informs the Governor that he arrived at Patna on the 2nd October and left that place on the 11th.¹ Another letter was written to Mādhavji Hari asking him to help Rāmkānta Rāy, Diwān of Jasārat Khān, Nāib Nāzim of Dacca, who was going on pilgrimage to Puri.² A circular letter was addressed to many Indian notables on the 17th November, 1774, informing them of the appointment of the Governor of Calcutta or the Presidency of Fort William, Mr. Warren Hastings, as Governor-General of British India. Among the names of Shuja'-ud-daulah of Oudh, Nawāb Nizām-ul-Mulk Nizām 'Alī Khān of the Deccan, Nawāb Nāzim Mubārak-ud-daulah of Murshidābād and the Emperor Shāh Alām II of Delhi, we find the names of Mahārāṇī Daryābāī Kand Mahārāja Sābājī Bhonsle.³ A letter received from Beṇirām Pandit on the 28th November informed Mr. Hastings that the former met Rājā Chet Singh at Benares and was leaving for Fyzabad. In this letter news was sent about the position of the parties at Nagpur. Sābājī had arrived at Nagpur and was staying there with Mahārāṇī Daryābāī and the young Raghujī II. Mudhoji was at Ellichpur. Tukojī Holkar, Mahādji Śinde and Govind Rāo were at Burhanpur. Raghunāth Rāo was also at Burhānpur, and was sending ambassadars to Sakhārām Bāpu at Poona.