History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.338

v2.c41.338

The Bengal District Gazetteer for Puri names one Śadāśiva Rāo as the successor of Rājārām Mukund Pandit in 1782, but the records prove that Rājārām continued to be in office long after that year till 1789 or 1790. Stirling has stated distinctly that Rājārām Mukund retired in 1200 Amli, that is 1792-93.¹ Forster, who was sent to Nagpur to draw Raghuji Bhonsle II into the infamous triple alliance of 1790 against Tipu Sultan, passed through Orissa. His companion Leckie writes of Cuttuck: "The Sūbāhdār, as he is styled, has gone to Nagpur whither he is generally summoned once in two or three years to give his accounts."² The records available to me contain a series of incidents regarding the South-Western frontier of the British Company's dominions. Mr. C. Burrowes, Collector of Medinipur, wrote to the Board of Revenue on the 13th April, 1789, that the Marathas commited incessant depredations on the tenants of the Parganah of Dāntan and killed a servant of the Chaudhuris of that place. In this letter Rāja Dāmodar Bhañja is described as a rebel to the Maratha Government and the chief leader of lawlessness on the border. Burrowes applies for permission to fire in case the Marathas refuse restoration of stolen property.