History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.324

v2.c41.324

The Committee of Revenue resolved to place these papers before the Governor-General in Council on the 29th March, 1781, and the latter ordered the issue of a warrant against him and the confiscation of his zamindari in the British district of Medinipur in case of non-appearance. In this letter dated the 25th May, 1781, Warren Hastings declares his intention to write to Rājārām Mukund Pandit to join in punishing Dāmodar Bhañja. On the 5th June, 1781, Peiarce, Collector of Medinipur, reported that Rajah Dāmodar Bhañja had broken into the *parganah* of Beliabera in the *Thānah* of Jānpur. He came with about 25 horse and 200 or 300 *Pāiks*, plundered and burnt some villages and came to the *Thānah*. The Indian officer and the sepoy turned him back and he went to the *Parganah* of Nayabasan (letter dated 6th June, 1781). The Collector then ordered Lieut. Broughton on the 5th June to proceed with 50 sepoys and join Murād 'Ali Khān Jamādar of Jānpur and protect Baleabara, Barajeet and Chaira and finally to proceed to Gopiballabhpur in Nayabasan. A parwanah was issued on the 5th June to Rāja Dāmodar Bhañja, to which he paid little heed. Dāmodar Bhañja sent a reply on the 8th of June stating that he was ready to pay Government revenue but Bheraje, zamindar of Baleabera, decoyed away his tenants from Nayabasan which made it very difficult for him to realise his dues. In the month [Figure: Ornamental Details Brahmeśvara Temple at Bhuvaneśvara, Orissa]