History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.312.5

v2.c41.312.5

Hastings finally paid thirteen lakhs of rupees to Chimnājī Bāpu and agreed to assist him in raising a loan of ten lakhs in Bengal. Further Chimnājī Bapu sank to the degradation of placing two thousand Maratha cavalry at the service of the British for which the British were to pay one lakh of rupees monthly and were to assist Mudhojī's forces in taking possession of Garhā-Māṇḍlā. Thus ended the last attempt of the Marathas of Nagpur to invade Bihar or Bengal. Khaṇḍojī, *alias* Chimnā Bāpu, returned to Nagpur in faste 1190, after remaining in Orissa for one year, according to Gupte's *Bakhar*. For his treachery to the central Maratha Government at Poona Mudhoji was threatened with the utmost vengeance of the Peshwa, but in October of the same year negotiations for a general peace were started through Mahādji Śinde and the treaty of Sal-bai was concluded in 1782. According to the *Bengal District Gazetteer*, Rājāram Pandit left Orissa in 1782 and he was succeeded by his son Sadāśiva Rāo in the same year, but a number of unpublished records collected by the present Chief of Mayurbhañja and kindly placed at my disposal prove that Rājārām Mukund Pandit continued for some time longer. Stirling also places the succession of Sadāśiva Rājāram in 1789. These unpublished records relate mainly to British intercourse with the Chiefs of Mayurbhañja. It will, therefore, be necessary to deviate a little from our own narrative.