History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.332

v2.c41.332

This gross injustice led to further alienation of feelings, not unnaturally, of Dāmodar Bhañja and he started guerilla warfare. A petition was received from Harikrishna Chaudhuri, zamindar of Dantan, stating that last year Rājā Dāmodar Bhañja plundered his tenants and took away some buffaloes and this year he wanted to seize some villages belonging to him. This petition was supported by an affidavit by one Rās Bihārī Mazumdār and another by Anuprām Rāy. Rās Bihārī and Jaynārāyaṇ Dās stated that they were with Mr. Cholat (?) when, on the 3rd of Āshāḍh about a thousand foot and some horsemen belonging to Dāmodar Bhañja attacked some villages and plundered and burnt them. Anuprām Rāy states in his affidavit that his Gumasṭah Dhundhirām informed him that Dāmodar’s troops came, attacked, and burnt several villages in the month of Āshāḍh. A note, dated Calcutta, the 10th November, 1783, contains the information that a military force was sent to the western frontier of Medinipur to quell the disturbances created by Rājā Dāmodar Bhañja and other Zamindars in the Thānāh of Balarampur. The Board of Revenue was directed by the Governor-General on the 17th of November, [Figure: Jagannātha Temple, Bāripada Mayurbhañj State]